Historic houses · London
Marshalls
In or near Havering-atte-Bower.
Marshalls — former house in Romford, Essex; now demolished.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Romford · 1.1 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Marshalls, the nearest railway station is Romford, located 1.1 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is RM1 4BT. Please note that wheelchair accessibility is limited.
About
Marshalls is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Wikidata describes it as: "former house in Romford, Essex; now demolished". Coordinates: 51.5843°, 0.1792°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Marshalls was a house, located in Romford in the historic parish and Royal liberty of Havering, whose former area today forms the north eastern extremity of Greater London, England. The name Marshalls dates back to 1213 when Gilbert, son of Roger Marschal is recorded as leasing land in Havering to the house of Canons at St Bernard, and in 1321 Richard le Marescall owned land near the eventual site of the house. Marshalls was situated roughly where the playground of the current St Edwards' C of E Primary school is now, and at its greatest the surrounding estate was approximately bounded by the modern roads of Main Road, North Street, Pettits Lane, and Pettits Boulevard.
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Background
Architecture
There is no record of any particularly grand or notable property associated with Marshalls. By about 1610 it was described as a messuage with 40 acres and was still described as “that messuage or tenement commonly called or known by the name Marshalls” in 1746. The house was considerably improved by Jackson Barwis, the High Sheriff of Essex, who lived there until his death in 1809. It is essentially this house that Pevsner in his book on Essex describes as having a "stuccoed Georgian five-bay front (Tuscan porch) and gabled back parts", while the sale catalogue from 1816 describes it as “A plain neat edifice, brick, extremely well erected...(with)...a portico entrance to the principal or…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5843, 0.1792
- District
- Havering
- Parish
- Havering, unparished area
- Postcode
- RM1 4BT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Romford
- Nearest railway station
- Romford — 1.1 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q6773858 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Marshalls (house) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Marshalls?
- Marshalls is in London, United Kingdom (postcode RM1 4BT), in the parish of Havering, unparished area.
- What is Marshalls?
- Marshalls — former house in Romford, Essex; now demolished.
- How do I get to Marshalls?
- The nearest railway station is Romford, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode RM1 4BT.
- How do I get to Marshalls?
- The nearest railway station is Romford, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode RM1 4BT.