Lord'S Wood

GREAT MARLOW MARLOW COMMON SU 88 NW 4/45 Lord's Wood - - II House. 1899-1900. For Mrs. Mary Sargant-Florence, artist. Built by Streatfield. Red brick, wooden eaves on shaped brackets, hipped roof of Westmorland slate, brick chimneys. Queen Anne Style. Double pile. 2 storeys and attic, 5 bays, the outer bays slightly advanced. Moulded first floor band course, plain brick pilasters. Barred metal casements, each light with 2 opening half-lights and curved metal stays. Outer bays have 3-light casements, inner bays have 2-light casements. Gauged brick heads with off-set keyblocks to ground floor windows. Centre bay has Ipswich window to first floor, with pilaster jambs, architrave and keyblock, and panelled door in hipped porch with fluted pilasters and arched niches. 2 flat-roofed 3-light dormers. Right end has continuous row of lights to first floor; left end is of 2 bays with bow windows to ground floor, glazed doors in Ipswich window style above, and first floor balcony with wooden railings. Interior altered but originally designed to have bare brick walls, no doors and no plumbing. Later home of Alix and James Strachey (brother of Lytton Strachey) who translated complete works of Sigmund Freud. (Country Life 1973 Nov, 15th p 1579-1584.)

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