# Marylands

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For other uses, see [Marylands (disambiguation)](/source/Marylands_(disambiguation)).

**Marylands** is a [Spanish-style](/source/Spanish_architecture) country house on Pitch Hill, a rural part of [Ewhurst](/source/Ewhurst,_Surrey), Surrey, England. It is a Grade II* [listed building](/source/Listed_building), designed during 1929–31 by architect [Oliver Hill](/source/Oliver_Hill_(architect)).[1] The gardens were planted by [Gertrude Jekyll](/source/Gertrude_Jekyll).[2]

## Architecture

The house is made of [Bargate stone](/source/Bargate_stone) [sandstone](/source/Sandstone) with a green Swedish [pantiled](/source/Pantile_(roof_material)) roof inspired by Spanish architecture and [Lutyens](/source/Edwin_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.[1] Servants' bells survive.

## History

The house was constructed by Oliver Hill between 1929 and 1931 for M. C. Warner. During [World War II](/source/World_War_II) the house was let to Colonel Tatsumi, who served as Japanese Military Attaché to London, and [Władysław Sikorski](/source/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski), the Polish prime minister of his government in exile.[1]

## In media

The house was used as a filming location in *[Agatha Christie's Poirot](/source/Agatha_Christie's_Poirot)* in the episode *[Dead Man's Mirror](/source/Dead_Man's_Mirror)*.[3]

## References

1. Brown, Jane (1982). *Gardens of a Golden Afternoon. The Story of a Partnership: Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll*. London: Allen Lane. p. 191. ISBN 0-7139-1440-8.

1. Eirik (2013-07-23). ["Investigating Agatha Christie's Poirot: Episode-by-episode: Dead Man's Mirror"](http://investigatingpoirot.blogspot.ch/2013/07/episode-by-episode-dead-mans-mirror.html). Investigatingpoirot.blogspot.ch. Retrieved 2013-12-21.

## Further reading

- 'Country Life' October 24, 1931
- 'The Builder' January 24, 1928
- 'The Ideal Home' June 1938
- BOE Surrey p227

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