Phylliss Court Club

Not far from the entrance of Phyliss Court on the Marlow Road are two buildings which used to be a toll gate in past times. Turning off the Marlow Road you will come to some Apartment buildings in a private road. I was there recently for a charity sale and took advantage of my visit to sample the landscape, the other side of the gates. It is an exclusive members club, that hogs part of the river bank, possibly one of the nicest views on the Marlow Road side of the River. In the 1800's people like the Mairs at Phyllis Court, or Frank Crisp at Friar Park engaged with the town in various ways, sometimes throwing their houses and gardens open on special occasions. The grounds of Phyllis Court, in particular, became a favourite viewing point for the Regatta, before the house itself was acquired for the private Phyllis Court Club in 1906.