{{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use British English|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox historic site | name = | native_name = | native_language = | image = Marylands, Ewhurst, Surrey-15246584186.jpg | caption = Entrance to Marylands | type = | locmapin = Surrey | coordinates = {{coord|51|10|01|N|0|27|09|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | gbgridref = TQ 08292 42008 | location = Ewhurst, Surrey | area = | built = 1929–1931 | architect = Oliver Hill | architecture = | governing_body = | owner = | designation1 = Grade II* | designation1_offname = Marylands | designation1_date = 10 May 1994 | designation1_number = {{Listed building England|1253713}} | designation2 = | designation2_offname = | designation2_date = | designation2_number = | designation3 = | designation3_offname = | designation3_date = | designation3_number = | designation4 = | designation4_offname = | designation4_date = | designation4_number = | designation5 = | designation5_offname = | designation5_date = | designation5_number = }} '''Marylands''' is a Spanish-style country house on Pitch Hill, a rural part of Ewhurst, Surrey, England. It is a Grade II* listed building, designed during 1929–31 by architect Oliver Hill.<ref name=n>{{NHLE |num=1253713 |desc=Marylands |accessdate=15 November 2015 }}</ref> The gardens were planted by Gertrude Jekyll.<ref>{{cite book |title=Gardens of a Golden Afternoon. The Story of a Partnership: Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll |last=Brown |first=Jane |year=1982 |publisher=Allen Lane |location=London |isbn=0-7139-1440-8 |page=191 }}</ref>

== Architecture == The house is made of Bargate stone sandstone with a green Swedish pantiled roof inspired by Spanish architecture and Lutyens. The two wings are linked by a stone terrace incorporating a Moorish curved pool, and the house has many stone and brick embellishments, such as fireplaces and window features.<ref name=n/> Servants' bells survive.

== History == The house was constructed by Oliver Hill between 1929 and 1931 for M. C. Warner. During World War II the house was let to Colonel Tatsumi, who served as Japanese Military Attaché to London, and Władysław Sikorski, the Polish prime minister of his government in exile.<ref name=n/>

== In media == The house was used as a filming location in ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' in the episode ''Dead Man's Mirror''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Eirik |url=http://investigatingpoirot.blogspot.ch/2013/07/episode-by-episode-dead-mans-mirror.html |title=Investigating Agatha Christie's Poirot: Episode-by-episode: Dead Man's Mirror |publisher=Investigatingpoirot.blogspot.ch |date=2013-07-23 |accessdate=2013-12-21}}</ref>

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== Further reading == * 'Country Life' October 24, 1931 * 'The Builder' January 24, 1928 * 'The Ideal Home' June 1938 * BOE Surrey p227

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Category:Country houses in Surrey Category:Houses completed in 1931 Category:Grade II* listed houses in Surrey Category:Oliver Hill (architect) buildings Category:Gardens by Gertrude Jekyll