19th century

1 Silvermere, Byfleet Road, Cobham

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.

Brooklands College, Weybridge

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.

St Mary’s church, Farleigh

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.

St Ann’s Heath School, Sandhills Lane, Virginia Water

Evaluation by R Lambert of SCAU prior to residential redevelopment of a former playing field. A Mesolithic feature and a Bronze Age cremation represented the only earlier prehistoric activity on the site. However, a number of postholes and a large pit were dated to the Middle Iron Age and indicated an intensification of activity during this period. It was considered that these features may relate to a settlement of this date in the area – possibly in areas adjacent to the site developed for housing prior to PPG16 and therefore not investigated.

Coldharbour Lane, near South Holmwood

Topographic and photographic survey by G White and M Kendall of WA of a site containing six clay or gravel extraction pits. The overgrown nature of the site meant that it was not possible to determine a definite age for the pits, but the density of the established flora in conjunction with the weathering of the floors and flanks of the pits to a smooth surface suggest an 18th–19th century date.

Henley Fort, Guildford

Watching brief and photographic survey by N Shaikhley and G Pattison of SCAU during works to repair and consolidate the roof structure. Water ingress having proved to be problematic for some years, the decision was taken to almost completely remove the earth bank covering the fort and undertake comprehensive repairs, which gave access to the exterior of the fort structure for the first time since its initial construction

Cobham Lodge, Cobham

Evaluation by R and P Savage of SyAS led to the discovery of a short collapsed section of a post-medieval brick culvert running south-west from Cobham Lodge, probably built at the same time as Cobham Lodge in 1804. The collapse had occurred at a point where the culvert had been entered and altered during the early to mid-20th century, when two blocking walls had been inserted inside the culvert, one on each side of the section, which had now collapsed

Cobham Park, Cobham

Survey of earthworks by J English indicates the presence of boundaries of at least two phases of field systems and a series of gravel quarries preserved by emparkment during the 18th and 19th centuries. An excavation across the putative line of a road pre-dating the emparkment had previously proved inconclusive, but a test pit located in the area of a post-medieval dwelling that formerly stood adjoining the site indicated activity dating from the late 14th or early 15th centuries to the early 19th century. (412)

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