Newchapel Road, Lingfield
Evaluation by C Russel of ASE revealed a series of medieval field boundary ditches and post-medieval boundary ditches, the latter relating to boundaries on the 1846 tithe map.
Jarves Farm Barn, Whitewood Lane, South Godstone
Historic building recording by K Butler of CBAS of the 17th century Grade II-listed barn.
Pebble Hill House, Westerham Road, Limpsfield
Historic building assessment by M Higgins of SCC of an ‘architecturally polite’ house with rendered facades, end-elevation bow bay windows and a slate roof behind a parapet. The core may be a late 17th century house with a large gable fireplace. In 1785 symmetrical end wings were added, the outshot raised to two storeys, the front elevation unified and the interior remodelled.
Land west of Juniper Close and The Hollies, Hurst Green
Evaluation by T Munnery of ASE revealed two postholes, one of which was undated and the other likely to be of modern origin
St Peters church, Limpsfield
Excavation for an outbuilding, undertaken without the required professional watching brief, apparently revealed no features of archaeological significance.
Sunt Farm, Caterfield Lane, Oxted
Historic building assessment by M Higgins of SCC of a five-bay, timber-framed, central chimney house of two storeys with early attics. Its side purlin roof has upright queen struts and straight wind braces and the back-to-back chimney stack uses earth mortar. The house is considered to date to the second quarter of the 17th century.
Foyle Farm, Popes Lane, Oxted
Historic building assessment by M Higgins of SCC. The earliest phase is a probably late 16th century, three bay cross-wing to a now lost hall range. It is of two storeys, close studded with gables front and back and originally unheated. Probably in the mid-17th century a three-bay main range and a three-bay cross-wing was added together with three chimney stacks to serve both sections.
Pollard House, Church Road, Lingfield
Historic building assessment by M Higgins of SCC of a double-ended, Wealden open-hall house. The hall is of two bays with the cross-entry in the hall. When the first chimney was added the cross-entry was preserved. Building work in 2015 revealed double tie/wall plates to the southern end suggesting the service bay was re-levelled when the face wing was added in c 1500, rather than being completely rebuilt as previously thought. Fragments of a black-on-white wall painting were uncovered in the face wing including an eight-petal flower.
19 and 21 High Street, Oxted
Historic building assessment by M Higgins of SCC of a probable mid-15th century house with 17th century additions. Against and parallel to the road, is a two-bay, low-end cross-wing, that is jettied to the west end. Behind this, at right-angles to the road, is a (probably contemporary) two-bay, open hall with probably an internal jetty to the floored upper end. It has a crown post roof and an arched door head between the ranges but few other details.
Church House, Church Lane, Godstone
Historic building assessment by M Higgins of SCC of Church House, formerly Church Cottages or Church House and Cottage. A ‘polite’ brick building of early 18th century date, its double-pile, double-fronted form has a high degree of reflective symmetry suggesting two, near identical, back-to-back houses, but it may be that the back house was originally servants’ accommodation.
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