DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE 



Milton Court, Dorking. — Has a fine old staircase and other features. 



Slyfields Manor, — A fine example of a house dating from about 1620. The style of the 



outside brickwork is interesting, and the inside woodwork of the hall and stairs which 



is of the rusticated order is particularly good. The wagon-headed plaster ceiling of 



the state room is always cited as a model of plaster decoration. 

 Guildford, 25 High Street. — Has had shop windows put in, but is otherwise a 



remarkably complete example of a town house with carved staircase, rich plaster 



ceilings, and particularly fine window ironwork. Until lately has been used by the 



judges when on circuit. It is evidently of the same date as the Town Hall, and was 



then owned by the Child femily. 

 Barrow Green near Oxted. — A building with a fine armorial mantelpiece of the 



sixteenth century. 

 Limpsfield. — An interesting old panelled house. 

 Lythe Hill near Haslemere. \ 



Burningfold near Chiddingfold. I^ Smaller houses, where much old fitting is pre- 

 Shoelands near Puttenham. j served. 



Rake House, Witley. J 



Ham House, Blechingley. — Remains of a larger house and has two carved oak mantels. 

 Gate House, Brewer Street, Blechingley. — Part of the royal Manor House. 

 HoE Place, Woking. — Of somewhat later date ; once the home of the Zouch family, and 



rebuilt by one of them about 1708. The staircase and other parts are painted 



with allegorical subjects in the style of Hampton Court, and, it is said, by Verrio. 



A boudoir is of more finished style, with a painted ceiling commemorating the triumphs 



of William III. and the Apotheosis of Mary. 

 Wandsworth. — The Manor House' which has been lately pulled down was built about 



1670. Near the spot is a house where Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, once lived. 

 Putney. — The once familiar Fairfax house has gone, but there are still some old buildings 



left in the High Street. 

 Sudbrook Park, Richmond. — Has fine features of the early Queen Anne period. There 



is a large saloon on the first floor out of which open rooms, as at Eagle House. It 



belonged to the Duke of Argyle, but its early history has not been made out. 

 Petersham. — A collection of Georgian houses of delightful quality. 

 Richmond. — Many houses of the Georgian period are to be found here. 

 Sanderstead Court. — Has a two-storied Georgian hall and earlier brick south front. 

 WooDCOTE Grove, Epsom. — A fine specimen of a Georgian house, of which there are 



several in the neighbourhood. 

 Pitt House, Epsom. — Said to have been largely built of fragments from Nonsuch. 

 p ] Specimens of the Georgian period that existed in these neighbourhoods 



■p ■ I fifty years ago may still survive, but it is to be feared that they perished 



j before interest in work of this date was revived. 

 Clandon House. — The home of the Onslows, and built by Leoni in 1731. It has a 



fine hall and other features. The entrance gates have already been mentioned. 

 Carshalton House. — Was also built by Leoni, but has been robbed of all architectural 



features. 

 Guildford. — There is a good brick house built by a Duke of Somerset early in the eighteenth 



century, and another near the bridge. 

 WoNERSH Park. — Has stately rooms and is built on a plan which suggests that an older 



building has been converted into a late Georgian house. The saloons contain some 



very elegant fittings in the best style of the Regency, put in by the first Lord 



Grantley. 

 Peperharow. — Built by Sir William Chambers. 



Gatton Park. — Possesses a famous marble hall fitted with choice old marbles from Italy. 

 Godalming. — Good examples of cottages are to be found in this district. 

 Dorking, — There are some most interesting old farm houses in the Weald south of this 



town, especially near Ockley, 



* Surr. Arch. Coll. x. 96. 

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