Court Garden, Marlow

[2] In 1740 he inherited a large fortune from his relative Edward Colman of Brent Eleigh Hall in Suffolk who had died a bachelor.

[5] He wrote numerous books on medical matters particularly mental illness and worked for many years at St Lukes Hospital in London.

[6] Richard Davenport (1729-1799) who bought Court Garden in 1776 was a surgeon of Essex Street in London.

[8] Davies Davenport (1757-1837) did not live in Court Garden because his main residence was his ancestral home of Capesthorne Hall.

[9] He rented it to various tenants one of whom was General Alexander Hope[10] who in 1810 was appointed Governor of the Military College when it was in Marlow before it was moved to Sandhurst.

Arthur died in 1867 and as he was a bachelor and had no children his cousin William Bromley-Davenport (1821–1884) inherited the house.

[15] He later bought the property from Sir William Bromley Davenport who advertised the house for sale in 1894.

[14] Robert Griffin (1838-1921) who owned the house by 1900 made significant repairs to the property which had been allowed to deteriorate before its sale.

Following local government reorganisation in 1974 the building has served as the offices of Marlow Town Council.

The Court Garden Leisure Centre and Marlow Museum were built as extensions to the north-east of the house.