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Arthur Marshman
Arthur Albert John Marshman (FRIBA,FRSA) Architect. Only son of Arthur & Evelyn Marshman - both of Northampton. Twice married: June, Maggie 4 children: Neil, Ian, Carol, Zara
Bio
- Born - Northampton 19/2/29
- Died - Northampton 15/7/97
Architect and founder of Marshman Warren Taylor architects. Educated at Northampton Grammar School .
His work
Marshman Warren Taylor [MWT] was at one time in the 1970's the largest architectural practice in the United Kingdom. The practice was founded in Bedford in 1960 and rapidly spread to other locations throughout the country - growing on the back of the 1960's housing boom. MWT were well known for their Cheese Houses - an angular design looking like an upended slice of cheese.
The Northampton office of Marshman Warren Taylor was in Hazlerig House, Marefair, Northampton - a fine stone building dating back to the Civil War.
An eccentric and flamboyant architect he lived in and practised from Northamptonshire (England). He is probably best known for the design of Horton Rounds, an unusual curved house on stilts incorporating the shapes of a comma and a full stop in the village of Horton, Northamptonshire. The house is mentioned by Pevsner in his buildings of Northamptonshire and has an unusual canitilevered balcony and cedar roof shingles. The house has more recently been the home of Roy Clarke the writer of "Last of the summer wine".
Marshman also designed the sympathetic and award-winning vestry extension to the Church at Weston Favell, Northampton, where he (and one of his sons) was married and where his parents are buried. He also undertook some celebrated work on Truro Cathedral.
Horton Rounds was built in the grounds of Horton House , one time home of Lord Halifax. Horton is coincidentally the next village to Hackleton where William Carey and Joshua Marshman started their preaching house. His ashes are buried at Collingtree in Northamptonshire, where he lived for many years.
The Marshman Family
The Marshman family originated in Wiltshire and moved to Northamptonshire in the 19th century. Arthur Marshman is related to
and to the well known "Marshman Singers " of Northampton.
Categories: 1929 births | 1997 deaths | Architects | British architects | Natives of Northamptonshire
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