ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S. 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey. Building Recording. by Genni Elliott. Site Code: 78HSG12/18 (SU )

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1 T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey Building Recording by Genni Elliott Site Code: 78HSG12/18 (SU )

2 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey Building Recording For Mrs K Fanmongkhon by Genni Elliott Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd Site Code HSG 12/18 September 2013

3 Summary Site name: 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey Grid reference: SU Site activity: Building Recording Date and duration of project: 1st October 2012 Project manager: Steve Ford Site code: HSG 12/18 Summary of results: The building is typical of an early post-medieval timber-framed building of 17th century date, which has undergone many changes over its lifetime. It probably originally started out as a two-bay hall along the High Street with a subsequent extension housing a staircase to the rear. As was common the frontage was refaced in brickwork, typical of the Georgian style with bay windows inserted into the ground floor beneath the jetty. Between 1934 and 1968 part of the rear yard was sold to next door along the eastern boundary and a further extension added to the rear. Location and reference of archive: The archive is presently held at Thames Valley Archaeological Services, Reading and will be deposited at Godalming Museum in due course. This report may be copied for bona fide research or planning purposes without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. All TVAS unpublished fieldwork reports are available on our website: Report edited/checked by: Steve Ford Steve Preston i Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd, De Beauvoir Road, Reading RG1 5NR Tel. (0118) ; Fax (0118) ; tvas@tvas.co.uk; website :

4 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey Building Recording by Genni Elliott Report 12/18 Introduction This report documents the results of building recording at 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey (SU ) (Fig. 1). The work was commissioned by Mr Andrew Macvean of Marshall Macvean Chartered Building Surveyors on behalf of Mrs K Fanmongkhon. Planning consent (application no. WA/2010/1773) has been granted by Waverley Borough Council to replace an existing extension and refurbish the listed building. The consent is subject to a condition (3) which requires a building recording prior to refurbishment and an archaeological watching brief. This report documents the results of the building survey. This is in accordance with the Department for Communities and Local Government s Planning Policy Statement, Planning for the Historic Environment (PPS5 2010), and Waverley Borough Councils policies on historic buildings. The fieldwork was undertaken by Danielle Milbank on 1st October 2012 and the site code is HSG12/18. The archive is presently held at Thames Valley Archaeological Services, Reading and will be deposited at Godalming Museum and a copy sent to the National Monuments Record in due course. Location The site lies within the town centre of Godalming, on the north side of High Street to the east of its junction with Moss Lane (Fig. 2). Historical Background The area of the town around the High Street is thought to have first developed in the 12th century (Poulton 2004) with a compact group of cotholds thought to have been present at its eastern end, however, no specific evidence has arisen which confirms this. Stray finds of medieval pottery were made during evaluations at Great George Street although there were no accompanying features of that date, while dendrochronological analysis on timbers from one of the Godalming Museum buildings showed that it dated to (Howe et al 2008). Towards the end of the medieval period the town s woollen industry grew to be the basis of Godalming s economy and by the 1

5 16th century it was a thriving centre of the cloth trade. This is seen in the large number of post-medieval buildings present in the town centre although the town itself did not grow beyond its medieval boundaries until the arrival of the South Western Railway in The building is Grade II listed, the listing reading as follows: House, now restaurant. C17, altered and added to C18 and late C20. Timber-frame with later brick infill, front of red brick in English bond, rear rendered and tile hung. 3 storeys, 2 bays with rear wing. Restaurant front has recessed small-pane windows and central door in panelled reveal with fluted end pilasters and corniced frieze with end paterae. Windows have flat brick arches and late- C20 sashes, of 12 panes to 1st floor, 8 panes above. Stepped 2nd-floor band. Coped parapet. Rear: at eaves of main range, on right, some timber-framing with brick infill is visible. Late C20 conservatory addition not of special interest. Interior: square-panelled timber framing to front range, the rear mid-rail with mortices in soffit from former wooden window mullions, cambered tie-beam in right-hand wall. A range of Ordnance Survey and other historical maps of the area were consulted at Surrey Record Office in order to show the development of the site. The earliest map to show the site in any detail is Rocque s map of 1768 (Fig. 3) which shows a line of buildings present along the High Street. It is not until the enclosure map of 1808 (Fig. 4) that the site can be precisely located. The building is shown as filling the entire width of the plot and extending back to the north with an L-shaped rear along the eastern boundary, presumably indicating an outbuilding. A building is present to the east at 76 High Street, which is shown as a narrow building running along the street frontage. There are currently no buildings shown immediately to the west. Penfold s map of 1863 (Fig. 5) shows no changes to the building at 78 High Street itself but a long, narrow outbuilding has been constructed along the western boundary in the garden. The building at 76 High Street has been divided in two with a property boundary running down the centre of the plot to create what is now 74 High Street. Buildings have now been constructed to the west, up to the junction with Moss Lane. The First Edition Ordnance Survey Map of 1871 (Fig. 6) shows further changes with an extension to the rear of 78 High Street along its eastern boundary. The building at 76 High Street has also undergone change with an extension to the rear, effectively doubling its size. The Ordnance Survey Map of 1934 (Fig. 7) shows that the extension along the western boundary at 78 High Street has now been removed, but otherwise no further changes have occurred. The Ordnance Survey Map of 1968 shows distinct changes to both 78 and 76 High Street. To the rear of 78 High Street, the extension along the eastern boundary has been demolished and the land sold to 76 High Street. It is not clear whether a new extension has been added to the west up to the boundary with 80 High Street or whether this was already present. The biggest change has occurred at 76 High Street which has had the 2

6 extensions along its western boundary with 78 High Street removed and part of the original building along the street frontage has now been further sub-divided to form 76a High Street. No further changes are apparent from the maps. Methodology The building survey was carried out in accordance with guidelines set out by the Royal Commission on Historic Monuments and English Heritage for a level 2 record. The survey comprised a photographic survey, paying attention to the methods of construction, chronological development and alterations, and features of special interest. The building has been recorded photographically both digitally and on 35mm format using colour print and black and white media which are catalogued (Appendix 1). Description The building consisted of a two-storey red-brick building fronting onto the High Street and bonded to the buildings either side. The rear of the building consisted of a single storey projection, the entire width of the backyard. Floor plans are recorded in figure 8. Exterior The street frontage consisted of two bay windows either side of a central doorway, set beneath a neo-classical style frieze with rose decoration, supported by a pilaster at either end (Pl. 1). The first and second floors each contained two sash windows above the bay windows (Pl. 2). The brickwork was laid in English bond with alternative courses of headers and stretchers with a gauged brick flat arch above each of the windows. A brick parapet with a stone top obscured the join between the roof and the front wall. Between the first and second floors was a plat band. The rear of the building highlighted the number of alterations that have occurred to the building over the years. It could clearly be seen where the original plot extended to from the width of the building along the street frontage (Pl. 3). Two extensions to the rear were apparent of different phases. The roofs were all gabled and hung with tiles. 3

7 Interior The High Street Frontage Ground Floor The front dining room (G1) running parallel to the street frontage formed the original 17th century building which was rectangular in shape and consisted of two bays. The east and west walls of the building contained original, oak square-panelled framing with brick infill (Pl. 4). The east wall consisted of a single modern midrail, with hand-cut vertical posts, infilled with bricks measuring 210mm (8 ) long by 60mm (2 3 / 8 ) thick. The west wall consisted of two rails with hand-cut vertical posts, infilled with bricks measuring 225mm (8 7 / 8 ) long by 45mm (1 ¾ ) thick. The bricks on both walls were laid in stretcher bond. On the west wall was a bricked up fireplace (Pl. 5). On the north wall, within the east bay, was a simple, square, chimney breast with a wooden lintel (Pl. 6). The rear wall in the western bay had been removed, leaving the wall plate, which has been supported by a new beam above three vertical timbers. The street frontage had been completely rebuilt and any wooden framing replaced by two large bay windows either side of the door. A steel RSJ beam now supports the front of the building. The ceiling, forming the floor of the storey above, consisted of a north south tie-beam forming the division between the two bays and two east-west beams, one in either bay. A steel RSJ now supports the end of the western east west aligned beam where it meets the north south beam. The floor joists were tenoned into the main beam. At the west end of the building a second north-south beam was present, presumably positioned to avoid the fireplace in the west wall. All beams and floor joists were of oak. First Floor The first floor has been divided into two rooms (FF2 and FF3) following the line of the main north-south tiebeam with a small cupboard cut out of Room 1 beside the fireplace and a landing (FF1) taken from FF2. All the walls within FF1 have been plastered over and the main beam running east-west supporting the floor above has been boxed in. The window is a 4-pane wide sash window with horns, typical of the Victorian period (Pl. 7). The fireplace has been replaced by a cast iron grate and surround, painted white, typical of the mid 19th century (Pl. 8). The floor has been covered by modern chipboard. Room FF2 was similar to FF1 in that it had been plastered over and the original floor covered by modern materials. The window was of the same size and type as in FF1. The fireplace had a wooden surround which obscured a brick archway (Pl. 9). Two fittings for gaslights were fitted on either end of the chimney breast (Pl. 4

8 10). A dado rail was present around the room. Along the western side of the room, where floorboards had been lifted it was possible to see the main beam with empty mortices and peg holes. Second Floor The second floor has been sub-divided into three rooms (SF1 3) along the main north-south tie beam and along the east-west beam in the eastern bay. A corridor has been created out of rooms SF 1 and 2 and a stud partition wall divided SF1. The walls of SF1 have predominantly been plastered over, including the chimney breast. Part of a tie beam was visible in the west end wall and square panelled timber framing was visible in the east wall (Pl. 11). The window was a squat version of those on the floor below - a sash dormer window (Pl. 12). Room SF3 was similar to SF1 with the same arrangement of sash dormer window, the same timber framing visible in the internal dividing wall and the tie beam visible in the east end wall. The Rear Range Ground Floor A one and a half bay timber-framed room (G2) was present to the rear of the building along the western boundary. Within this area were located the stairs to the upper floors, a central chimney and a further room at a slightly lower level, accessed by two steps beside the chimney. The western wall contained oak square-panelled framing with brick infill (Pl. 13). A main beam aligned east west was supported by an upright timber in the centre of the rear room. This in turn supported the floor joists for the rooms above; one of which contained empty mortices suggesting re-use. The eastern wall was not visible, having been sub-divided into smaller rooms and covered in plasterboard and plaster. The floor was tiled. Beyond the timber-framed room were two further rooms (kitchen and dining), which were built some time between 1934 and 1968 when part of the land was sold to next door. By the time of the building recording the kitchen and dining room had been demolished. First Floor Much of the first floor had been covered in plasterboard and little structural detail could be seen. A wall plate could be seen in the men s WC. In the rear wall a wooden casement window frame is present but the window itself has been removed and boarded up. 5

9 The Staircase The staircase was located in the half bay on the eastern side of the rear range. It dog-legged to provide access to the first and second floors. The walls of the staircase were predominantly plastered, but underneath the stairs brickwork was visible, but painted. Where the bonding could be seen it appeared to be two rows of headers above two rows of stretchers. A wooden beam was present above the window on the stairs to the first floor, supported on two acro-props. The window itself had no visible frame and had three vertical cast iron bars on the inner face (Pl. 14). More timber framing was visible in the stairwell to the second floor. In the wall to the rear of the street frontage range it was possible to see an upright post with a rail and wind brace (Pl. 15). Supported on the post was a tie beam which in turn supported a queen or princess strut. In the east wall were two timbers, the upper of which was probably re-used and supports a casement window (Pl. 16). A further timber is visible in the north wall of the 2nd floor and is probably a rafter from the roof of the rear range. Interpretation The original plan of the building can not be ascertained but it would seem likely that it started off as an aisled, 2- bay hall along the High Street frontage. The current arrangement with the bay windows set back from the street frontage suggests that the original building would have been jettied. The brick infill of the timber-framing is a later addition and may suggest that the original walling was of wattle and daub construction. The two chimneys within the room are probably a later addition. The rear range is probably a later extension, forming an L-shaped house containing a kitchen and staircase at the junction of the original block and extension giving convenient access to three bedrooms above. This arrangement was popular in the 18th century (Brunskill 1997, 78). The staircase to the second floor is a later addition built up against the central chimney stack; it is unclear where the original access to the second floor was or if it existed prior to the new street frontage arrangement. Conclusion The building is typical of a early post-medieval timber-framed building, which has undergone many changes over its lifetime. It probably originally started out as a two-bay hall along the High Street with a subsequent extension housing a staircase to the rear. As was common the frontage was refaced in brickwork, typical of the Georgian style with bay windows inserted into the ground floor beneath the jetty. Between 1934 and 1968 part of the rear yard was sold to next door along the eastern boundary and a further extension added to the rear. 6

10 References Alcock, N W, Barley, M W, Dixon, P W and Meeson R A, 1996, Recording timber-framed buildings: an illustrated glossary, 2nd edn, CBA Occas pap, London Brunskill, R W, 1997, Houses and Cottages of Britain. Origins and Development of Traditional Buildings, London English Heritage, 2006, Understanding Historic Buildings, a guide to good recording practice, Swindon Hall, L, 2005, Period house fixtures and fittings , Newbury Howe, T, Jackson, G and Maloney, C, 2008 Archaeology in Surrey , Surrey Archaeol Collect 94, Poulton, R, 2004, Extensive Urban Survey of Surrey: Godalming, Surrey County Archaeology Unit, Woking PPS5, 2010, Planning for the Historic Environment, The Stationery Office, Norwich RCHME, 1996, Recording Historic Buildings: a descriptive specification, 3rd edn, Roy Comm Hist Monuments (England), London Yorke, T, 2005, The Victorian house explained, Newbury 7

11 APPENDIX 1: Photographic Catalogue A.Colour prints No. Room Direction Description 1 Ext N Ground floor frontage 2 Ext N Upper front storey 3 Ext N Detail of ceiling of front porch 4 Ext S Rear of property 5 Ext S Rear of property 6 Ext S Detail of roof structure on east side of building 7 Ext S Detail of roof structure on west side of building 8 G1 E Timber framing in east wall 9 G1 S To front door 10 G1 SE To bay window 11 G1 W Timber framing in west wall 12 G1 W To blocked fireplace 13 G1 S RSJ and floor joist 14 G1 N To fireplace 15 G1 N To room G2 16 G1 W To timber framing 17 G1 NNE Central chimney breast 18 G2 N General view 19 G2 SE Back to stairs 20 G2 E Under stairs 21 G2 S View to G1 22 G2 NW Timber in rear of west wall 23 G2 E Partitioned room 24 G2 N To wall and partitioning 25 G2 E To window in stairwell 26 G2 E Above window in stairwell 27 FF1 N To window in rear wall 28 FF1 S To FF2 and FF3 29 FF1 W Timber in west wall 30 FF2 E Cupboard beside fireplace 31 FF2 E To wall 32 FF2 S To window 33 FF2 W To wall and doorway 34 FF2 N To fireplace 35 FF3 S To window 36 FF3 E To wall 37 FF3 N To wall and doorway 38 FF3 W To fireplace 39 FF3 W Detail of fireplace 40 FF3 SW Detail of floor joist 41 FF1 NE Newel post 42 FF1 SE Detail of timber framing in stairwell 43 FF1 E Window in stairwell 44 SF N Timbers in wall 45 SF SE Timbers in wall 46 SF1 W To fireplace 47 SF1 S To window 48 SF1 E Timber framing in partition wall 49 SF1 NW Timber framing in wall 50 SF2 E Tie beam in east wall 51 SF2 N To fireplace and window 52 SF3 SE Timber tie beam 53 SF3 N Timbre framing in partition wall and doorway 54 SF2 W Doorway and timber framing 55 SF S Carpenters mark 56 FF1 W View to skylight 57 Ext SE Boundary wall 58 Ext E Section of boundary wall 59 Ext SW Boundary wall 60 Ext S Rear roof structure B. Monochrome Images 8

12 No. Room Direction Description 1 Ext N Ground floor frontage 2 Ext N Upper front storey 3 Ext N Detail of ceiling of front porch 4 Ext S Rear of property 5 Ext S Rear of property 6 Ext S Detail of roof structure on east side of building 7 Ext S Detail of roof structure on west side of building 8 G1 E Timber framing in east wall 9 G1 S To front door 10 G1 SE To bay window 11 G1 W Timber framing in west wall 12 G1 W To blocked fireplace 13 G1 S RSJ and floor joist 14 G1 N To fireplace 15 G1 N To room G2 16 G1 W To timber framing 17 G1 NNE Central chimney breast 18 G2 N General view 19 G2 SE Back to stairs 20 G2 E Under stairs 21 G2 S View to G1 22 G2 NW Timber in rear of west wall 23 G2 E Partitioned room 24 G2 N To wall and partitioning 25 G2 E To window in stairwell 26 G2 E Above window in stairwell 27 FF1 N To window in rear wall 28 FF1 S To FF2 and FF3 29 FF1 W Timber in west wall 30 FF2 E Cupboard beside fireplace 31 FF2 E To wall 32 FF2 S To window 33 FF2 W To wall and doorway 34 FF2 N To fireplace 35 FF3 S To window 36 FF3 E To wall 37 FF3 N To wall and doorway 38 FF3 W To fireplace 39 FF3 W Detail of fireplace 40 FF3 SW Detail of floor joist 41 FF1 NE Newel post 42 FF1 SE Detail of timber framing in stairwell 43 FF1 E Window in stairwell 44 SF N Timbers in wall 45 SF SE Timbers in wall 46 SF1 W To fireplace 47 SF1 S To window 48 SF1 E Timber framing in partition wall 49 SF1 NW Timber framing in wall 50 SF2 E Tie beam in east wall 51 SF2 N To fireplace and window 52 SF3 SE Timber tie beam 53 SF3 N Timbre framing in partition wall and doorway 54 SF2 W Doorway and timber framing 55 SF S Carpenters mark 56 FF1 W View to skylight 57 Ext SE Boundary wall 58 Ext E Section of boundary wall 59 Ext SW Boundary wall 60 Ext S Rear roof structure C. Digital Images No. Room Direction Description 1 Ext N Ground floor frontage (Pl. 1) 2 Ext N Upper front storey (Pl. 2) 3 Ext N Detail of ceiling of front porch 4 Ext N Detail of front porch 9

13 No. Room Direction Description 5 Ext S Rear of property 6 Ext S Rear of property 7 Ext S Detail of roof structure on east side of building 8 Ext S Detail of roof structure on west side of building 9 G1 E Timber framing in east wall 10 G1 S To front door 11 G1 SE To bay window 12 G1 W Timber framing in west wall (Pl. 4) 13 G1 W To blocked fireplace (Pl. 5) 14 G1 S RSJ and floor joist 15 G1 N To fireplace (Pl. 6) 16 G1 N To fireplace 17 G1 N To room G2 18 G1 W To timber framing (Pl. 13) 19 G1 NNE Central chimney breast 20 G2 N General view 21 G2 SE Back to stairs 22 G2 E Under stairs 23 G2 S View to G1 24 G2 NW Timber in rear of west wall 25 G2 E Partitioned room 26 G2 N To wall and partitioning 27 G2 E To window in stairwell 28 G2 E Above window in stairwell (Pl. 14) 29 FF1 S To door to cupboard 30 FF1 N To window in rear wall 31 FF1 S To FF2 and FF3 32 FF1 W Timber in west wall 33 FF1 SE Plaster boarding 34 FF1 S To FF2 and FF3 35 FF2 E Cupboard beside fireplace 36 FF2 E To wall 37 FF2 S To window (Pl. 7) 38 FF2 W To wall and doorway 39 FF2 N To fireplace (Pl. 8) 40 FF3 S To window 41 FF3 E To wall 42 FF3 N To wall and doorway 43 FF3 W To fireplace (Pl. 9) 44 FF3 W Detail of fireplace 45 FF3 W Detail on chimney breast (Pl. 10) 46 FF3 SW Detail of floor joist 47 FF1 NE Newel post 48 FF1 SE Detail of timber framing in stairwell (Pl. 15) 49 FF1 E Window in stairwell (Pl. 16) 50 SF N Timbers in wall 51 SF SE Timbers in wall 52 SF1 W To fireplace 53 SF1 S To window (Pl. 12) 54 SF1 E Timber framing in partition wall (Pl. 11) 55 SF1 NW Timber framing in wall 56 SF2 E Tie beam in east wall 57 SF2 N To fireplace and window 58 SF3 S To window 59 SF3 SE Timber tie beam 60 SF3 N Timbre framing in partition wall and doorway 61 SF2 W Doorway and timber framing 62 SF S Carpenters mark 63 FF1 W View to skylight 64 FF1 NW Interior of cupboard 65 Ext SE Boundary wall 66 Ext E Section of boundary wall 67 Ext SW Boundary wall 68 Ext S Rear roof structure (Pl. 3) 69 G1 SW Detail of chimney breast 10

14 Staines Egham Woking Weybridge Aldershot Godalming Guildford Reigate Redhill Farnham SITE SITE SU HSG 12/18 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, 2012 Building recording Figure 1. Location of site within Godalming and Surrey. Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Explorer 145 at 1:12500 Ordnance Survey Licence

15 43900 SITE SU N 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, 2012 Building recording Figure 2. Detailed location of site on the High Street. 78HSG 12/18 Reproduced from Ordnance Survey digital mapping under licence. Crown copyright reserved. Scale: 1:1250

16 Approximate location of site N 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, 2012 Building recording Figure 3. Rocque's map of HSG 12/18

17 Site N 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, 2012 Building recording Figure 4. Godalming enclosure map, 1808 (tracing). HSG 12/18

18 Approximate location of site N 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, 2012 Building recording Figure 5. Penfold's 1863 map (tracing). HSG 12/18

19 SITE N 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, 2012 Building recording Figure 6. First Edition Ordnance Survey, HSG 12/18

20 SITE N 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, 2012 Building recording Figure 7. Ordnance Survey HSG 12/18

21 Conservatory Demolished at time of survey Dining room Kitchen G2 Bathroom Toilet Toilet Toilet Toilet FF1 G1 FF3 FF2 Ground floor First floor N Second floor SF1 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, 2012 Building recording SF2 SF3 HSG 12/18 Figure 8. Floor plans. 0 10m

22 Plate 1. Ground floor frontage, looking North. Plate 2. Upper front storey, looking North. Plate 4. Timber framing in west wall (room G1), looking West. Plate 3. Rear roof structure, looking South. 78 High Street Godalming, Surrey, 2012 Building Recording Plates 1-4. HSG 12/18

23 Plate 5. Blocked fireplace (room G1), looking West. Plate 6. Fireplace (room G1), looking North. Plate 7. Window (room FF2), looking South. Plate 8. Fireplace (room FF2), looking North. 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, 2012 Building Recording Plates 5-8 HSG 12/18

24 Plate 9. Fireplace (room FF3), looking West. Plate 10. Detail of gas light on chimney breast (room FF3), looking West. Plate 11. Timber framing in partition wall (room SF1), looking East. Plate 12. Window (room SF1), looking South. 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, 2012 Building Recording Plates 9-12 HSG 12/18

25 Plate 13. Timber framing (room G1), looking West. Plate 14. Above window in stairwell (room G2), looking East. Plate 16. Window in stairwell (room FF1), looking East. Plate 15. Detail of timber framing in stairwell (room FF1), looking South-East. 78 High Street, Godalming, Surrey, 2012 Building Recording Plates HSG 12/18

26 TIME CHART Calendar Years Modern AD 1901 Victorian AD 1837 Post Medieval AD 1500 Medieval AD 1066 Saxon AD 410 Roman AD 43 BC/AD Iron Age 750 BC Bronze Age: Late Bronze Age: Middle Bronze Age: Early 1300 BC 1700 BC 2100 BC Neolithic: Late Neolithic: Early 3300 BC 4300 BC Mesolithic: Late Mesolithic: Early 6000 BC BC Palaeolithic: Upper Palaeolithic: Middle Palaeolithic: Lower BC BC 2,000,000 BC

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