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Oxford Road, MARLOW, SL7 2NW

The buildings fronting the road are grade II*(star) listed, although only the central part is of any great age, the rest are mostly 1950s additions in a similar style.

The view is south-west, away from the town centre and towards Medmenham and Henley. One of the white-painted Georgian cottages was occupied for a while (probably in 1817) by the poet, Shelley, and his second wife, Mary. Beyond the cottages, the flint and red-brick building is a school. Photo taken from outside the substantial Georgian house known as Remnantz.

This plaque, dated 1867, is perched high up on a cornice overlooking West Street, and can be seen here: Image The wording is as follows: THIS TABLET WAS PLACED A.D. 1867 AT THE INSTANCE OF WILLIAM ROBERT CLAYTON BART. TO PERPETUATE THE RECORD THAT PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY LIVED AND WROTE IN THIS HOUSE AND WAS HERE VISITED BY LORD BYRON He is gone, where all things wise and fair Descend; oh, dream not that the amorous Deep Will yet restore him to the vital air; Death feeds on his mute voice, and laughs at our despair Adonais

I had first spotted these cottages when passing by a few weeks earlier, was intrigued by the Gothick windows, and resolved to come back for a better look. When I eventually did so I noticed a plaque - perched high up on the parapet - which commemorates the fact that the poet Shelley once lived here. These days there are four dwellings, but it seems that in Shelley's day there was just the one address - 'Albion House' - later sub-divided: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-412752-albion-house-shelley-cottage-shelley-hou

A pub on West Street. Older part 18th century, grade II listed, together with the house to the right.

Opened by Tom Kerridge and his wife in 2005, the Hand and Flowers boasts of being the only pub in Britain with two Michelin stars.

All grade II listed buildings.