Ernest William Marshall was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1868. From 1886 to 1889 he was articled to Aldred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and remained with him as his assistant until 1895. He also attended the Architectural Association Schools and the Royal Academy Schools in London. Marshall qualified as an architect in 1897. He had already set up his own independent practice in London two years before.
Photographs of the entrance to a room, the reception room and a bedroom at Holland Park designed by Marshall are illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1907 (pp.61, 62). Other works by Marshall included Glenbrae in Newcastle-on-Tyne; Cherrycroft in Forest Row, Sussex; Tanglewood and Tol Pedn in Godstone, Surrey; Hatchfield in Horsley, Sussex; the Old Court in Cranleigh, Surrey; Broadham Manor in Oxted, Surrey; Milverton Hall in Somerset; and other houses in various parts of London.
Marshall was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1897 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1906. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London between 1903 and 1917. Marshall's addresses are given as 139 Oxford Street, London (1897, 1903), 17 Lansdowne Road, London (1806, 1914), and 20 Old Cavendish Street, Cavendish Square, London (1926, 1934). He died in London in 1937.
Glenbrae, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Cherrycroft, Forest Row; Tanglewood and Tol Pedn, Godstone; Hatchfield, Horsley; The Old Court, Cranleigh; Broadham Manor, Oxted: Milverton Hall, Somerset; houses in Bedford Gardens, Campden Hill, Lansdowne Road, and in other parts of West End of London [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1914]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
Who's Who in Architecture 1914. London: Technical Journals Ltd., 1914