Marlow Place

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Marlow Place

Marlow Place is a country house in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. It is a Grade I listed building. [1]

History

The house, which was designed by Thomas Archer in the English Baroque style, was built for John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington and completed in 1721. [2] It was briefly used as a residence of the Prince of Wales in the 1720s. [3] After coming into the ownership of William Clayton of Harleyford Manor it was sold to Thomas Williams of Temple around 1790. [4] It served as an overflow for the junior department of the Royal Military College, shortly after the college was established in 1802, [2] and also served as a boarding school in the 1860s but remained in the ownership of the Williams family until well into the 20th century. [3] It went on to serve as a finishing school for girls in the 1950s and is now used as offices. [2] In the 1990s it was the office of Holmes & Marchant lnternational, an international branding consultancy. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Marlow Place". British listed buildings. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Marlow Place". The Chilterns. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Page, William (1925). "'Parishes: Great Marlow', in A History of the County of Buckingham". London. pp. 65–77. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Marlow Historic Town Assessment" (PDF). Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Holmes & Marchant Central Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 24 July 2025.

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