HER 1232 - Quadrangular earthworks, probably remains of a medieval fortified manor house, Chaldon

To the south of Tolworth Farm, Chaldon, on level ground immediately above the North Downs escarpment, is the remains of a sub-rectangular earthwork measuring some 130m. On the north and west it comprises a severely reduced rampart with outer ditch now occupied by a track and to the south it has been destroyed by the edge of a chalkpit. The enclosed area is under pasture and featureless. The farmhouse, the former manor house, is probably 16th century in origin. Whilst of little architectural interest externally its fabric contains a number of huge ragstone blocks obviously from a much more ostentatious building elsewhere. It is likely therefore that the earthworks represent the site of medieval building of some importance, probably a fortified Manor House.

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