Marshall House And Attached Area Railings

Marshall House is a mid-18th century town house that has been altered over time. It features colour-washed roughcast render on the front, with a rear made of random rubble and quoins, topped by a slate roof with stone chimneys. The building has a double-depth, double-fronted plan and stands three storeys tall.

The exterior has four windows on the first floor, although it originally had five. To the right of centre is a doorway with a moulded stone surround and a segmental pediment, leading to a panelled door with glazed panels in the centre and top. To the left of the doorway is a two-storey flat-roofed canted bay window, which contains hornless 12- and 8-pane sashes. The remaining windows are all hornless 12-pane sashes. On either side of the doorway, there are cast-iron bar railings with anthemion heads. Additionally, a lantern on a bracket is attached to the left corner at first-floor level.

At the rear, the house has three storeys and four windows, including two vertically aligned stair windows that are offset to the left. All but the lower window are 12-pane sashes with exposed boxes. The back door is now covered by a recently built link to a former single-storey wash-house, which is not of special interest.

Inside, the right-hand front room features fielded panelling and a fine mid-18th century stone fireplace with a moulded surround and corbelled lintel, topped with an overmantel made from 17th-century panelling dated 1686. The rear hallway boasts a fine mid-18th century doglegged staircase with a closed string, square newels, turned balusters, and a broad moulded handrail. Notably, in the corner of the half-landing between the first and second floors, there is an unusual shallow triangular lead-lined sink with a drain hole, believed to have been provided as a gentlemen's urinal.

Historically, the house was built for Thomas Swettenham.