Former Library Now A Squash Court

The former library, now a squash court, was built in 1924 by an architect from the Cotswold Arts and Crafts Group for Colonel Fitzgerald. It features a diamond-shaped datestone above the entrance and is constructed of random roughly squared limestone with a stone slate roof and rubble stacks. The building has a rectangular plan with a projecting porch on the south side and raking side buttresses.

The south entrance front has one and a half storeys, with a central projecting two-storey porch. The entrance includes a plank door with strap hinges set within a moulded basket-headed surround, topped with a hood featuring diamond-ended stops. Above, there is a large three-light stone-mullioned window with two transoms on the upper floor, and two-light stone-mullioned casements flanking the porch on the first floor. The side walls have three dormer windows with stone-mullioned cross windows, and there is a gable towards the left end of the west elevation.

Decorative lead drainpipes are adorned with oak leaf motifs, and small ball finials are present on the gables. The building has an axial stack. Although the interior was not inspected, it is noted that the panelling from the former library has been removed to Cliffordine House in Rendcomb. The building is located directly opposite the entrance front of Marsden Manor.