Bedrooms
The house has:
- seven double bedrooms
- one triple bedroom with single beds
- twin bunk beds in a former dressing room (with independent entrance)
This means that it can sleep 19 adults.
On top of that, we can provide up to two cots, you are welcome to bring more, and if you love the house but still can't seem to squeeze your whole party in, there's a double sofa bed in the Snug which might solve your problem.
There are six bathrooms and shower rooms: three are exclusively en-suite, two bedrooms share a bathroom, and the final three bedrooms share a bathroom and a shower room between them. Reflecting the incremental development of the house itself, each has its own character.
The bedrooms are named after prominent members of the Markham family and contain pictures, possessions and information about each. The first four bedrooms open off the Front Landing which features the Landing Library, mainly classic novels and history books. The second four bedrooms open off the Back Landing, which contains display cases of Indian birds dating from the 1840s. The double bunk room opens off the corridor between them.
See the floor plan for help with room allocations.
The Archbishop’s Room
Archbishop William Markham, 1719-1807
Two three-foot single beds. Small lobby area with sofa. En-suite bathroom with bath, shower over, and view to church.
William Markham was Headmaster of Westminster School, Dean of Christ Church Oxford, Bishop of Chester, and for 30 years Archbishop of York.
The General’s Room
Lt. General Fred Markham, 1805-1855
Original Tudor room with round-headed windows and oak panelling around fireplace. Double bed, longer than standard and with no footboard. En-suite bathroom with large bath but no shower.
Fred soldiered in Canada, India and the Crimea, and wrote the first book about shooting in the Himalayas. He lived at Morland when on leave.
The Admiral’s Room
Admiral John Markham, 1761-1827
This large room has a south-facing bay window onto the private garden, a wash basin, and a Superking bed. This room shares a bathroom (with bath and shower over) with The Engineer’s Room (see below).
Admiral John was the son of the Archbishop and father of the General. He had an active naval career during the Napoleonic War, became MP for Portsmouth, a Lord of the Admiralty and was involved in naval dockyard reform.
The Engineer’s Room
Frederick Rice Markham, 1869-1948
This room has a Superking bed. Oak overmantel and south-facing view. Shares a bathroom with the Admiral’s Room.
Freddy Markham was a pioneer in electrical engineering, founding his own firm in Chelmsford after working for Crompton Parkinson in Essex. Morland House was the third house in the north of England to generate its own electricity, installing a turbine in 1882, powered by the mill race. It can still be seen in the garden. Freddy also installed a ram pump in 1925 to deliver running water to the house from a garden spring, powered by the fall of the beck.
The Geographer’s Room
Sir Clements Markham, 1830-1916
Large bedroom with a Superking bed, and bay window, plus a modern en-suite bathroom with bath and shower over. There is a connecting door to Minna’s Room (Sir Clements’ wife), about which more below.
Among many achievements, Sir Clements introduced quinine to India, and as President of the Royal Geographical Society became the father of Antarctic exploration.
The Colonel’s Room
Lt Col Francis Markham, 1837-1921
Kingsize Sealy bed. Next to the 5th bathroom (which has a bath with shower over) and across the Back Landing from the Shower Room, which has a large step-free walk-in cubicle with rainforest head.
Fra served in the Rifle Brigade, married his cousin Maria, daughter of the Rev Rice Markham of Morland, bought the house from the church, and extended it to give it its present appearance in the 1870s and 1880s.
The Explorer’s Room
Admiral Sir Albert Markham, 1841-1918
East-facing bedroom with a kingsize bed. This room also shares the 5th bathroom and the Shower Room.
Albert Markham reached the Farthest North towards the North Pole on the Nares Expedition of 1876.
The Canon’s Room
Canon Gervase Markham MBE, 1910-2007
Large south facing bedroom containing three single beds. This room shares the 5th bathroom and the Shower Room.
Gervase Markham served during the war in North Africa, Sicily and Normandy, and later when Vicar of Morland founded the Morland Choristers’ Camp.
Minna's Room
Minna Markham, 1838-~1920
Through a connecting door from the Geographer's Room is Minna’s Room (Sir Clements’ wife), which has two adult-sized bunk beds, and its own independent entrance. If used as an adjunct to the Geographer's Room, occupants would use its en-suite; if using it independently, occupants would share the Shower Room and the 5th bathroom.
Minna was born in 1838 and married Clements Markham in 1857. She had one daughter, Mary, born in 1860. She travelled to South America that same year with Clemmie, leaving her daughter behind. Later she collaborated with Clemmie on his Hakluyt Society book translations and they were very close.
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