Surrey Archaeological Society

Historic building assessment by M Higgins of SCC of the probable late 17th or early 18th century building, with a late 18th or early 19th outshot.

Historic building assessment by M Higgins of SCC of the probable early 17th century building.

Historic building recording by M Higgins of SCC during alterations to a three-bay timber-framed building with two bays open and one floored, interpreted as an attached kitchen. The open hearth of this was uncovered during the works. The 'kitchen' stands at right angles to two floored bays that were attached to another building. The 'kitchen' and attached two floored bays have been dendrochronologically dated to c1562. A further one bay of the timber-framed building with a chimney stack replaces what is thought to have been the original house, and is likely to be of 17th century date.

Watching brief by K Grant of ASE during upgrading works on or close to the postulated site of a Bronze Age cremation cemetery discovered towards the end of the 19th century revealed evidence of modern truncation and levelling, but no finds or features of archaeological interest.

Magnetometer survey by D Sabin of Archaeological Surveys Ltd revealed evidence of former field boundaries, together with some evidence of former agricultural activity, possibly ridge and furrow, and a number of anomalies that it was not possible to interpret with confidence.

Evaluation by K Anker of OA. Historic sources indicate that the house was once surrounded by a double moat in the medieval period, and evidence for the innermost of which was revealed in the form of a large, deep negative feature. The early deposits within the feature suggested that casual infilling began with the disposal of medieval material possibly related to a former property on the site, with the later sequence suggesting more concerted infilling from the 17th century onwards. The features were apparently finally filled and lost to view during works to extend the existing house in 1913.

xcavation by members of the Central South Eastern Young Archaeologists' Club, with the assistance of A Guinness of SCAU, of fifteen test pits within the historic settlement.

Watching brief by N Garland of ASE. No finds or features of archaeological significance, nor any evidence for burials, were revealed in an investigation of limited scope.

Second and third phase of an evaluation by J McNicoll-Norbury of TVAS, continuing from earlier works carried out in 2010. No finds or features of archaeological interest were revealed.

Evaluation by K Grant of ASE revealed evidence of demolished glasshouses constructed on the site in the late 19th century, and subsequent development in the 20th century, but no finds of features of archaeological significance.