Surrey Archaeological Society

Watching brief by K Johnson of CA during groundworks for the construction of a tennis court located close to the site of a Bronze Age barrow discovered and destroyed during building work in the 19th century. No remains relating to the Bronze Age were observed, but the remains of a number of 19th and 20th century glasshouses were revealed and recorded.

Evaluation by C Pole of AOC revealed evidence of extensive truncation, but some features of interest survived. A series of postholes may represent a boundary dating to the use of the site by Brooklands Farm until Brooklands House was constructed in c1860. Two brick foundations are likely to be the footings for greenhouses erected when Brooklands House was built.

Historic building recording and watching brief by B Davis and S Beach of WA during alterations and conversion to Chatley Farmhouse and associated farm buildings. The building recording demonstrated that parts of the farmhouse date to the late 16th or early 17th centuries, and a two-bay timber-framed structure with brick chimney-stack remains fossilised within the present structure. The building was extended in the late 17th or early 18th century, and was given a major upgrade in the late 18th century, with several other farm buildings added at this time.

Evaluation by M Collings of ASE did not reveal any features of archaeological interest. Finds recovered indicate disturbance of post-medieval/early modern date across the site.

A further phase of evaluation by J Robertson of SCAU did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest.

Evaluation by S Cass of TVAS did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest.

Watching brief by N Marples and N Shaikhley of SCAU during tree stump removal did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest.

Evaluation and watching brief by S Hoad of MoLAS on land within the manorial estate of Rhodri ap Gruffudd, brother of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd the Prince of Wales until his death in 1282, and his descendants during the 14th century. Two undated postholes were revealed.

Watching brief by S Watson of PCA during the excavation of two service trenches linked to two new soakaways in the churchyard. Post-medieval ceramic building material was revealed in topsoil and subsoil deposits, evidence for a 19th or 20th century path foundation was observed, and the southernmost trench sectioned a bank that forms the current southern boundary of the churchyard. Only modern demolition debris was recovered from the fill, but it is likely that the bank is much older and possibly medieval in date.

Evaluation by J Stevenson of ASE revealed a fairly substantial ditch containing several pottery sherds of probable early Roman date and an undated gully