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HER 16163 - Castle Hill Farm, Bletchingley

Historic Building Survey undertaken by ASE to provide information to support the conservation of the farm buildings and inform any future repairs or alterations. The site comprises a farmhouse and two parallel ranges of farm buildings, all constructed in brick with timber roof structures, and built in 1900. These buildings replaced a farm that was present on the site in the mid 19th century, but documentary evidence indicates that the site has been occupied since at least the 17th century.

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Archaeological History

Activity	Person & Organisation	Dates
building survey	ASE	2006-06-01
Description An interpretive historic building survey commissioned by the National Trust was undertaken at Castle Hill Farm, Bletchingley, Surrey in May 2006. This built on an existing vernacular building survey undertaken in 1988 and comprised of on site survey and documentary research. There is documentary evidence that the site of Castle Hill Farm has been occupied since at least the 17th century and possibly before. By the mid 19th century there was a definite farm established on the site. This was replaced in 1899/1900 by the farm buildings that exist today; these were largely new build with some remodelling of buildings that appear, from documentary evidence, to have been established in the 1870s. The site comprises a farmhouse and two parallel ranges of farm buildings aligned east-west with a north-south return on the southern range of buildings at the east end. The buildings are all constructed of brick with timber roof structures. The northern range comprises single pitched roof structures, the southern range a double pitch and single pitch. The farm was specifically designed and constructed as a dairy farm with a cow house, milking parlour, storage buildings, shelter shed, cart shed and stalls. It was designed by the architect Robert Griggs and built by a local builder, J J Carrick of Redhill in 1900. Historically, the farm is important as it represents a time of significant change in British agriculture when, following the Great Depression of the 1870s, farmers were forced to diversify. This resulted in a shift towards the production of liquid milk as this was an area that was safe from foreign competition. As a response to the competition from overseas there was a rapid decline in large-scale investment in farm buildings during the end of the 19th century. Thus the commission of a design for the dairy farm from a named Victoria architect and it subsequent construction is of architectural significance Location Surrey, Tandridge, Bletchingley, Grid Reference TQ 322 503 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Produced by Archaeology South-East document more... Reference Interpretive historic building survey, Castle Hill Farm, Bletchingley. Reference 30/06/06 Reference An interpretive historic building survey commissioned by the National Trust was undertaken at Castle Hill Farm, Bletchingley, Surrey in May 2006. This built on an existing vernacular building survey undertaken in 1988 and comprised of on site survey and documentary research. There is documentary evidence that the site of Castle Hill Farm has been occupied since at least the 17th century and possibly before. By the mid 19th century there was a definite farm established on the site. This was replaced in 1899/1900 by the farm buildings that exist today; these were largely new build with some remodelling of buildings that appear, from documentary evidence, to have been established in the 1870s. The site comprises a farmhouse and two parallel ranges of farm buildings aligned east-west with a north-south return on the southern range of buildings at the east end. The buildings are all constructed of brick with timber roof structures. The northern range comprises single pitched roof structures, the southern range a double pitch and single pitch. The farm was specifically designed and constructed as a dairy farm with a cow house, milking parlour, storage buildings, shelter shed, cart shed and stalls. It was designed by the architect Robert Griggs and built by a local builder, J J Carrick of Redhill in 1900. Historically, the farm is important as it represents a time of significant change in British agriculture when, following the Great Depression of the 1870s, farmers were forced to diversify. This resulted in a shift towards the production of liquid milk as this was an area that was safe from foreign competition. As a response to the competition from overseas there was a rapid decline in large-scale investment in farm buildings during the end of the 19th century. Thus the commission of a design for the dairy farm from a named Victoria architect and it subsequent construction is of architectural significance Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
Ref: Surrey Archaeological Collections Ref: 01/02/09	94	Surrey HER1 part
Ref: Interpretive historic building survey, Castle Hill Farm, Bletchingley. Ref: 30/06/06 Ref: An interpretive historic building survey commissioned by the National Trust was undertaken at Castle Hill Farm, Bletchingley, Surrey in May 2006. This built on an existing vernacular building survey undertaken in 1988 and comprised of on site survey and documentary research. There is documentary evidence that the site of Castle Hill Farm has been occupied since at least the 17th century and possibly before. By the mid 19th century there was a definite farm established on the site. This was replaced in 1899/1900 by the farm buildings that exist today; these were largely new build with some remodelling of buildings that appear, from documentary evidence, to have been established in the 1870s. The site comprises a farmhouse and two parallel ranges of farm buildings aligned east-west with a north-south return on the southern range of buildings at the east end. The buildings are all constructed of brick with timber roof structures. The northern range comprises single pitched roof structures, the southern range a double pitch and single pitch. The farm was specifically designed and constructed as a dairy farm with a cow house, milking parlour, storage buildings, shelter shed, cart shed and stalls. It was designed by the architect Robert Griggs and built by a local builder, J J Carrick of Redhill in 1900. Historically, the farm is important as it represents a time of significant change in British agriculture when, following the Great Depression of the 1870s, farmers were forced to diversify. This resulted in a shift towards the production of liquid milk as this was an area that was safe from foreign competition. As a response to the competition from overseas there was a rapid decline in large-scale investment in farm buildings during the end of the 19th century. Thus the commission of a design for the dairy farm from a named Victoria architect and it subsequent construction is of architectural significance		Surrey HER1 part

Source

Details	Volume	Holding Information	Publisher Information	Pages
building survey	ASE	2006-06-01
Description An interpretive historic building survey commissioned by the National Trust was undertaken at Castle Hill Farm, Bletchingley, Surrey in May 2006. This built on an existing vernacular building survey undertaken in 1988 and comprised of on site survey and documentary research. There is documentary evidence that the site of Castle Hill Farm has been occupied since at least the 17th century and possibly before. By the mid 19th century there was a definite farm established on the site. This was replaced in 1899/1900 by the farm buildings that exist today; these were largely new build with some remodelling of buildings that appear, from documentary evidence, to have been established in the 1870s. The site comprises a farmhouse and two parallel ranges of farm buildings aligned east-west with a north-south return on the southern range of buildings at the east end. The buildings are all constructed of brick with timber roof structures. The northern range comprises single pitched roof structures, the southern range a double pitch and single pitch. The farm was specifically designed and constructed as a dairy farm with a cow house, milking parlour, storage buildings, shelter shed, cart shed and stalls. It was designed by the architect Robert Griggs and built by a local builder, J J Carrick of Redhill in 1900. Historically, the farm is important as it represents a time of significant change in British agriculture when, following the Great Depression of the 1870s, farmers were forced to diversify. This resulted in a shift towards the production of liquid milk as this was an area that was safe from foreign competition. As a response to the competition from overseas there was a rapid decline in large-scale investment in farm buildings during the end of the 19th century. Thus the commission of a design for the dairy farm from a named Victoria architect and it subsequent construction is of architectural significance Location Surrey, Tandridge, Bletchingley, Grid Reference TQ 322 503 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Produced by Archaeology South-East document more... Reference Interpretive historic building survey, Castle Hill Farm, Bletchingley. Reference 30/06/06 Reference An interpretive historic building survey commissioned by the National Trust was undertaken at Castle Hill Farm, Bletchingley, Surrey in May 2006. This built on an existing vernacular building survey undertaken in 1988 and comprised of on site survey and documentary research. There is documentary evidence that the site of Castle Hill Farm has been occupied since at least the 17th century and possibly before. By the mid 19th century there was a definite farm established on the site. This was replaced in 1899/1900 by the farm buildings that exist today; these were largely new build with some remodelling of buildings that appear, from documentary evidence, to have been established in the 1870s. The site comprises a farmhouse and two parallel ranges of farm buildings aligned east-west with a north-south return on the southern range of buildings at the east end. The buildings are all constructed of brick with timber roof structures. The northern range comprises single pitched roof structures, the southern range a double pitch and single pitch. The farm was specifically designed and constructed as a dairy farm with a cow house, milking parlour, storage buildings, shelter shed, cart shed and stalls. It was designed by the architect Robert Griggs and built by a local builder, J J Carrick of Redhill in 1900. Historically, the farm is important as it represents a time of significant change in British agriculture when, following the Great Depression of the 1870s, farmers were forced to diversify. This resulted in a shift towards the production of liquid milk as this was an area that was safe from foreign competition. As a response to the competition from overseas there was a rapid decline in large-scale investment in farm buildings during the end of the 19th century. Thus the commission of a design for the dairy farm from a named Victoria architect and it subsequent construction is of architectural significance Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
Ref: Surrey Archaeological Collections Ref: 01/02/09	94	Surrey HER1 part
Ref: Interpretive historic building survey, Castle Hill Farm, Bletchingley. Ref: 30/06/06 Ref: An interpretive historic building survey commissioned by the National Trust was undertaken at Castle Hill Farm, Bletchingley, Surrey in May 2006. This built on an existing vernacular building survey undertaken in 1988 and comprised of on site survey and documentary research. There is documentary evidence that the site of Castle Hill Farm has been occupied since at least the 17th century and possibly before. By the mid 19th century there was a definite farm established on the site. This was replaced in 1899/1900 by the farm buildings that exist today; these were largely new build with some remodelling of buildings that appear, from documentary evidence, to have been established in the 1870s. The site comprises a farmhouse and two parallel ranges of farm buildings aligned east-west with a north-south return on the southern range of buildings at the east end. The buildings are all constructed of brick with timber roof structures. The northern range comprises single pitched roof structures, the southern range a double pitch and single pitch. The farm was specifically designed and constructed as a dairy farm with a cow house, milking parlour, storage buildings, shelter shed, cart shed and stalls. It was designed by the architect Robert Griggs and built by a local builder, J J Carrick of Redhill in 1900. Historically, the farm is important as it represents a time of significant change in British agriculture when, following the Great Depression of the 1870s, farmers were forced to diversify. This resulted in a shift towards the production of liquid milk as this was an area that was safe from foreign competition. As a response to the competition from overseas there was a rapid decline in large-scale investment in farm buildings during the end of the 19th century. Thus the commission of a design for the dairy farm from a named Victoria architect and it subsequent construction is of architectural significance		Surrey HER1 part

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