Brooklands Farmhouse, Brooklands Lane, Weybridge, Surrey

A Standing Building Survey

for Swan Hill Homes Ltd

by Peter Reeves

Wardell Armstrong for

Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd

Site Code BFW 02/109

Revised January 2004

Summary

Site name: Brooklands Farmhouse, Brooklands Lane, Weybridge, Surrey

Grid reference: TQ 067 636

Site activity: Building Recording Survey

Date and duration of project: 14th February 2003; 11th November 2003

Project manager: Steve Ford

Site supervisor: Peter Reeves

Site code: BFW 02/109

Area of site: 162.5 sq m

Summary of results: The building survey was very limited in its results due to fire damage and removal of dangerous parts of the structure and debris. The remains of the house were identified as 19th century with extensive construction from this period to the modern era.

Monuments identified: 18th/19th century farmhouse

Location and reference of archive: The site archive is currently held by Thames Valley Archaeological Services, 47-49 De Beauvoir Road, Berkshire, RG1 5NR and will be deposited with the National Monuments Record in due course.

This report may be copied for bona fide research or planning purposes without the explicit permission of the copyright holder

Report edited/checked by: Steve Ford9 11.03.03 Steve Preston9 30.01.04

Brooklands Farmhouse, Brooklands Lane, Weybridge, Surrey A Standing Building Survey

by Peter Reeves

Report 02/109

Introduction

Wardell Armstrong were commissioned by Thames Valley Archaeological Services to undertake a Level 2 standing building survey of the farmhouse located at the now redundant Brooklands Farm, near Weybridge in

Surrey (TQ 067 636). The fire damaged Listed Building is due for demolition prior to development on the site

(Listed Building Consent 2002/0961). Demolition is subject to a condition requiring a survey in order to comply with Section 18 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act of 1990, and in furtherance of policy HEN 17 of the Replacement Elmbridge Borough Local Plan (EBC 2000), to record the historically interesting components of the building.

The field investigation was carried out to a specification approved by Mr. Martin Higgins, Surrey County

Council Historic Buildings Adviser. The fieldwork was undertaken by Peter Reeves of Wardell Armstrong and

Jennifer Lowe of Thames Valley Archaeological Services on 14th February 2003 and the site code is

BFW02/109. The archive is presently held at Thames Valley Archaeological Services, Reading and will be deposited with the National Monuments Record.

Initial site survey revealed that the building had been severely damaged in the fire and that the subsequent removal of dangerous parts of the structure and the debris from the fire had left a floor plan where most of the walls were no higher than 1.5m and often considerably less. The highest surviving structural elevation was the chimney breast and stack at the southern end of the building, standing to 4m. Vigorous growth of vegetation was noted along the exposed wall tops. Large areas of surviving wall faces were covered with lichen and moss.

Site description, location and geology

The site is to the south of the River Thames and overlooks the River Wey to the west (Fig. 1). The farmhouse is located on low lying ground to the south-west of Brooklands College which in turn is located to the south-west of Weybridge town centre. St George’s Hill lies to the south-east. Nearby recently cleaned drainage ditches indicate that the building is sited on alluvial sand and gravel terraces of Quaternary date.

Archaeological and historical background

Archaeological evidence is dominated by riverside finds and finds dredged up from the rivers. All prehistoric periods are represented with clusters of flints and metalwork. Mesolithic flint flakes have also been found to the south-east of the site. Iron Age occupation is recorded at the hillfort of St George’s Hill and further to the north- east.

Weybridge is known from Domesday Book (1086) as Webruge although it has antecedents from AD675 when it was granted to Chertsey monastery by Frithwald of Surrey (VCH 1911, 476). The town did not develop significantly until the post-medieval period although the surrounding area is rich in agricultural land.

The Brooklands estate was important from Tudor times; Henry VIII used it as a royal hunting ground. A survey of the Brooklands Estate in 1550 shows it to comprise 560 acres and a farmhouse. Since this time it has gradually decreased to the present size (Greenwood 1983). The present site was originally the focus of the estate but in 1767 a new house was constructed to the north-east. This was demolished soon after 1803. It is thought that the farmhouse was constructed in the 18th/19th century. General site observation hints that originally the house was constructed in the 18th century although little of this survives because much of the house had significant 19th and 20th century extension and alteration. The detailed site investigation shows an 18th century date for the phase 1 building. However, other than the chimney breast and the wall into which this is set, most of this phase has been removed by subsequent 19th and 20th century rebuilds and alterations.

A race driving track was built on part of the estate in 1906 (Blackman and Pulford 1991).

A search for further information from deeds to the property proved inconclusive.

Cartographic evidence

Maps of the site show little development since the 1844 Tithe map (Fig. 2) however by this date it is likely that the original building had been substantially altered, so little knowledge can be gained of the original structure from the historical maps. Brooklands Farmhouse is shown as an irregular shaped building with ancillary buildings to the north east, the rest of the site is open land. The First Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1864 (Fig.

3) shows the site and buildings in more detail, with Brooklands Lane running from the north into the site and the farmhouse being surrounded by trees. Part of the farm site has also been incorporated into the grounds of

Brooklands House to the north. The Ordnance Survey of 1867 (Fig 4) shows the area in clearer detail and the building is a square with a small extension to the south. There are no changes in 1873 (not illustrated) although by 1896, the Farmhouse is no longer surrounded by trees (Fig. 5) and the farm buildings to the north east have

developed substantially with a courtyard in the centre, with smaller ancillary buildings extended to the south- west. Little change is noted in maps dating from 1912 (Fig. 6), 1914 or 1934 (not illustrated) but by 1961 (Fig. 7) the Farm buildings have once again expanded considerably; although no change to the Listed Building itself is apparent.

Methodology

The standing building survey involved two methods of study and follows the approach defined by Brunskill

(1990; 1992). These were:

A descriptive text of the materials and methods of construction used in the building. The description was also to cover the chronological development of and alteration(s) to the building.

A photographic record of the building covering each of the rooms and important features was undertaken.

The photographic record utilizes colour slides, colour print and black and white print in 35mm format. A full catalogue is provided in Appendices 1 to 3. Further photographs of the building from prior to the fire and demolition have also been incorporated into the report.

Measured elevations were also carried out where appropriate and are detailed in the full site archive.

Aims and Objectives

The aims of the survey were:

To record the building prior to its complete demolition

To describe the development of the building

To highlight the most important historical elements of the building

Results of the building survey

The results are set out with reference to Figures 8–11.

The surviving ground plan of the building is uncertain, there may have been a cross wing structure with the main range formed of rooms 2 and 3 and a cross wing consisting of room 1. Evidence for a cross wing on the house remains only in a small butted out area of wall on the east wall of the house, which is contemporary with the rest of the wall on this face. A small section of the roof on this wall may also be interpreted as showing evidence for a gable which could indicate a crosswing, however almost all of this has also been rebuilt and as it could not be observed in situ, it could not be ascertained if this was also original or a later rebuild. However

there is no evidence remaining to be observed of an L-shaped wing to the south-west as the walls have been substantially rebuilt. The original house may have had ether a simple rectangular plan or a cross wing; however the evidence available for this report cannot permit certainty.

The building is constructed from brick, the older part bonded using lime mortar, the later additions bonded with cement. During the latest phase of alteration at the site all the original windows were replaced with modern double-glazed windows.

None of the internal finishes had survived the fire, throughout the walls consisted of exposed brickwork or in places, coarse plaster finish. No internal wood structure remained and other than two fireplaces no interior adornment survived.

The chronological development of the building is described in a later section of the report. During its history the building was extended and refurbished leading to the functions of the rooms changing. The final layout indicated that all the rooms on the ground floor were ‘living rooms’ with the kitchen located in the north- west corner.

The building as described above is square, each side 12 m in length (Fig. 8). Pre-fire photographs (Pls 1 and

2) show a two-storey building surmounted by a high gable roof hipped at the northern end. The rear, or western part, of the house has a central two-storey section surmounted by a gable roof flanked by a ground floor room in the south-west corner, and a one and a half-height storey in the north west corner. The roof is clay tiled throughout with the exception of the roof of room 6 having a Welsh slate roof. The house is built in English

Bond with flush joints, the remnants of the later additions indicate construction using Flemish Bond with square recessed or raked joints.

The building is described in an anti-clockwise walkthrough commencing with Room 1 located in the south- east corner and finishing with room 6 in the south-west corner.

Room 1 – rectangular room in the south-east corner of the building. The main entrance to the house is located in the east wall, it is likely that this is an original entrance. The south wall is dominated by a large fireplace 1.7m wide and 1m deep (Pl. 3). The fireplace has been reduced and infilled with a modern brick and tile replica of an older form, the leading edge of the fire and base course of tiles are coping roof tiles broken to fit. Five tiles are modern mass produced ceramic floor tiles with fluting for grouting on the reverse. The bricks used to create this new fireplace surround are a variety of colours and are very hard, well made bricks, 240mm by 100 by 80mm (Sample A). A brick sample from the west window area by the fireplace was a sandy orange red colour measuring 220mm by 105mm by 55mm (Sample B)

The west wall carries a scar in the plaster indicating the former presence of a stair rising from north to south. The position of this stair would have reduced the size of the room to a 5m square. The western wall is not a continuous wall but two different sections, the south west corner forming the original wall with the external face showing a brick step out approximately half a brick out and 0.3 from floor level. The section joining onto this smashed through the original (Pl. 5). The north wall of this room is divided into three separate sections of wall, all exhibiting different features, the easternmost section against the porch is made of bricks of a ruddy orange red colour with an even mixture with only small clay clusters, measuring 230mm by 115mm by 60mm.

The central portion of the wall between the two doorways is of poorly made bright orange red, with hard clay buff coloured inclusions, these are now extremely friable, they measure 230mm by 105mm by 60mm. The western portion is built out of the western wall of the room, of purple red, hard fired, well made bricks measuring 220 by 105mm by 60mm.

A doorway in the west wall opposite the entrance door leads into room 5 (below). A large aperture, almost certainly a single door originally, now widened into a 2.4m wide gap, forms an open entrance way in the north wall leading into room 2, a second smaller doorway in the north west corner also leads into room 2. Originally two windows were built on either side of the chimney breast, the external wall has been repointed making it difficult to ascertain the full depth, but the window on the western side suggests the sill was 10 brick courses up from the stepped out lower courses of the wall. The eastern window is 1.03m long and 0.72m wide with an architrave of bricks, five on one side, four on another with a centrepiece of bricks, there is a poor finish to the architrave. The bricks used in blocking are identical to those used in the main external wall though they are discoloured through lichen growth, they measure 220mm by 100mm by 60mm The window on the western side has had more alteration, originally it was larger than the eastern window at 1.23m wide and 1.34m long with a similar brick architrave. The eastern half was then blocked off with bricks that were orange coloured with clay inclusions of purple, black and buff colour, measuring 220mm by 105mm by 60mm. A small lower section of the western half was also bricked in to make a smaller window of 0.585m width that continued to use the brick architrave as a feature and that is visible in pre-fire s (Pl.1 and Pl.6).

Externally, the sloping shoulders of the chimney breast, where it narrows to become the chimney stack, are covered with clay roof tiles. The floor of room 1 has been completely burnt away and natural gravel can be observed through the grass and soil that has accumulated within the room.

Room 2 – similar in size and shape to room 1 though the original appearance of the room has been significantly altered by later remodelling. It is difficult to ascertain whether the room originally extended all the

way to the north wall or whether a smaller room (room 3) always existed here. The floor has been completely burned away exposing a waterproofed concrete slab. The fireplace let into the west wall similar to that observed in room 1is a modern brick and tile copy of an earlier type of fireplace. The exterior walls survive to a height of less than 1m while the interior walls reach to a maximum of 2m (Pl. 4). Nothing remains of the division between room 2 and 3 although a slightly raised floor indicates a thin division. An open area in the north west corner led into room 4.

Room 3 – is a small east–west aligned room tucked into the north-east corner of the building. The floor is a raised concrete slab covered with 0.25m square grey ceramic tiles. Plumbing on the exterior of the east wall indicates that this room was last used as a lavatory. Due to severe fire damage all modern wall finishing has been destroyed and the wall scars revealed beneath, coupled with the presence of old lead piping and an open drainage channel, suggest that this room originally functioned as either a scullery or pantry. Wall scars show evidence for the former presence of a large stone (?) sink and adjacent stone worktop set against the north wall. Given the house orientation this would have been the coolest part of the building. The northern wall shows considerable variation in brick types suggesting reuse of old bricks mixed with new. Block infilling on the northern wall is of modern date using large blocks of grey blue polycrete and cement on the interior wall and large blocks of buff colour on the exterior which had tongue and groove portions, they measured 450mm by 225mm by 675mm. It fills a modern doorway that was probably created when this side of the house was rebuilt, it may have led to the small square store building that was no longer present.

Room 4 – undoubtedly this large room located in the north-west corner of the building was the kitchen during the last phase of occupancy. The north wall is constructed of modern brick and a butt joint can be observed where this wall meets the north wall of rooms 2 and 3, they are constructed of a mixture of bricks and bonded with a mixture of cements. The whole appearance is of reuse of existing bricks and new, with older bricks placed on top of modern ones (Pl. 7). Some bricks are frogged, with two different styles. Samples taken include an unfrogged brick 220mm by 100mm by 60mm (Sample E), a shallow frogged brick 225mm by 110mm by 70mm (Sample F) and a deeply frogged brick 215mm by 105mm by 65mm (Sample G). The floor covering consists of modern, 195mm square, beige coloured ceramic tiles. A single door opening is set into the north wall giving access to the outside. Most of the east wall is missing suggesting a semi-open plan aspect into room 2 although a large block of masonry appears dated with that of the south wall, it has a butt joint against the original external wall of the house and is clearly separate (Pl. 8). Any clear relationship on the east has been lost due to the insertion of the modern fireplace in Room 2. The bricks in this mass of masonry measure 235mm by 105mm

by 55mm. A double-door aperture cut through the south wall leads into room 5. The west wall stands to its original height of 1.5m, the pre-fire photographs show a window along its length. The window was inset, and the external half-width of the outside wall was protected using a double layer of roof tiles.

This part of the house has been so badly destroyed by fire and building alteration that it is impossible to determine the original form of the room. The south wall bears the remains of two parallel ovens set into the wall, they were very badly damaged by the fire, however, examination of the materials used to construct them suggest a later date, tile taken from the oven is moulded with a lug (Sample H). They are machine produced tiles that resemble ‘Dreadnought’ tiles although no stamp was visible. Dreadnought tiles were registered in 1905 and therefore may have postdated this (pers. comm. Manager at Dreadnought Tiles). The pre-fire photographs of the building show a single flue chimney rising above the approximate location of the ovens, however, the chimney may relate to the fireplace in the north wall of room 5 to the south.

Room 5 – the floor of this room has been completely burnt away and the underlying natural sands and gravels can be observed through the accumulated vegetation and soil. When passing into the kitchen (room 4) or from this room to room 6 to the south, a considerable step up is involved. This step is probably exaggerated as the floor of room 5 wood have been of timber planks supported by timber joists, whereas the floors of the rooms on either side are concrete slabs. The north wall stands to a height of 1.5m and contains a fireplace that has been modernized, adjacent to the opening to room 4. It has been rebuilt with a shaped rounded end using bright red bricks, the upper level has also been rebuilt using yellow firebreaks stamped ‘Ruffords, Stourbridge’ (Sample C).

These were made between 1850 and 1903 (Cockeram 1998). The east wall, which was bow shaped, has completely gone. Bricks still in place at the edge of the bow wall appear to be very modern. No wall now exists between this room and room 6, remains of the division are evident butting up against the western wall of room 1.

This is a clear butt joint that is not keyed in to the original (Phase 1) external wall of the house, it mirrors the external step out that is clear on this external wall. Bricks on this south wall of room 5 are an orange red colour, poorly made with large buff coloured clay inclusions within, measuring 190mm by 10mm by 70mm deep. The internal face of the north wall carries traces of the original plaster work. The plaster has a high grit content dominated by quartz grains.

Room 6 – no walls survive above the first couple of courses. However three crudely hacked keying in holes remain for this later extension in the western wall of Room 1 (Pl. 9). Bricks in this later extension consist of a hard compound with high sand content, coloured an orange red and measuring 225mm by 105mm by 65mm. The floor consists of reconstituted marble tiles (terrazzo) 300mm square. The pre-fire photographs of the house show

a window running along the length of the south wall and the impression given from the remaining structure is that this room was used as a sun lounge. The exterior wall is built using Flemish bond and the bricks appear quite new.

Porch – the porch is a later addition to the building’s main entrance. The porch as observed on site was built butted up against the east wall of the original structure, the bricks used are very hard well made with an orange red colouring, measuring 235mm by 110mm by 70mm. The porch has a hipped roof covered with clay tiles held in place with modern sheets of lead suggesting the tiles are either re-used or modern replicas. The coping tiles are stamped ‘Bridgewater’ (Sample D).

Chronological Development

The structure is extremely ruinous and combined with some very heavy refurbishment, it is very difficult to make sense of the chronological development of the house. Some of the refurbishment has resulted in the complete removal of the older walls. A chronology has been established based on observations of surviving butt joints and the types of construction material used.

Phase plans accompany the descriptions below. On the plans where walls have been removed by later extension or refurbishment of the property these have been dashed.

Phase 1 (Fig. 8)

The indications are that the farmhouse possibly started as a masonry cross wing house. Unfortunately the precise internal layout of the rooms cannot be determined other than for the remnants of the walls on the ground floor.

We can determine that in the first phase the porch did not exist. The door in the east wall was the front and main entrance. This door led into the ‘main hearth room’ warmed by the large vertical side and backed fireplace in the south wall. Two small windows located either side of the chimney breast allowed light into this area. A door leading to the rear of the property was located in the west wall directly opposite the main entrance into the house.

The doorway located in the western corner of the central dividing wall separated rooms 1 and 2 giving access into the north end of the house whose function is uncertain but it may have been the parlour area although it is possible that the northern end of room 2 may originally have been separated from the rest to form a living room to the south and a scullery area to the north. It is possible that the original stairs were in the same location as the modern stairs.

The phase is characterized by English Bond brickwork and lime mortar.

Phase 2 (Fig. 9)

A square extension was built on the back of the property (Room 5). This phase is identified by the use of English bond and lime mortar but butt joints were observed where the phase abuts and rebuilds the original wall of the phase 1 building. The rebuilding of the western wall of room 1 may have necessitated reconstruction of a new stairway at this stage.

The extension was probably square-ended but the level of destruction by the next phase of construction has eradicated nearly all traces of this.

A doorway giving access to the rear of the property may have existed in the west wall or may have been located in the north-west corner of room 2. The remnants of a brick door frame between rooms 2 and 4 has a substantial jamb suggesting an access point to the exterior.

Phase 3 (Fig. 10)

The filling out of the square floor plan involved the addition of two rooms (4 and 6) with single thickness brick walls either side of the rear extension added in phase 2. The Tithe map (Fig. 2) shows a room on the footprint of room 4, but not room 6, suggesting two stages of building. The new walls for these rooms butt up against the west wall of the original building, keying in holes are visible in the south west corner (Pl. 9).

It is probable though not proven that the porch was added at the same time and that the flat face of the phase 2 extension’s west wall was replaced by a bow window and wall.

Phase 4 (Fig. 11)

On site recording suggests a major phase of internal refurbishment. The large fireplace in room 1 was made smaller and a replica brick and tile fireplace built within the original large rectangular alcove.

All the fireplaces within the building appear to have had a ‘make over’ including the addition of lamp rests either side of the fireplace located in room 2. It is highly possible, though not proven, that the terrazzo floor was set down in room 6.

This phase probably saw the application of cement render, painted over with whitewash applied to the rear of the house. This may have been undertaken to cover the three different types of brickwork that may have been

showing at this time. The door infilling in the north eastern corner of the building may have taken place at this period.

The final event at the site followed the building closure; all the external windows were removed in their entirety, the frames, the lintels and the sills.

Subsequent occupation by squatters/vandals has resulted in the breaking of most of the porcelain fittings and the removal of lead/copper pipes.

Conclusion

The building was in an extremely poor state of decay due to exposure to the elements following a severe fire.

Although badly damaged the building exhibits at least four phases of development.

Phase 1 can be dated to the 18th century

Phase 2 can be dated to the 19th century.

Phase 3 is 19th century

Phase 4 is late 20th century.

The Listing for the farmhouse makes reference to elements of the building thought to pre-date the 18th century.

The recording exercise has found no surviving evidence for such phases. The bricks, their size and shape do not conform to bricks of this period and the earliest structural phase observed was 18th-century. The bricks observed throughout are hard, well fired and mass produced.

Despite the very heavy damage inflicted on the building by the fire and subsequent partial demolition, the key phases can be observed. The first phase may have been a masonry cross wing building with the room at the south end projecting to the front (east). The central portion of the west wall was brutally hacked out to allow for the central extension to the rear of the property. The relationship between this extension and the original building can be clearly observed following the removal of some of the finishing fabric to the latter’s internal face.

The two wings at the rear of the property were added later and the walls are made up of a mixture of reused and new bricks. The south wing was altered completely in the 20th century and this is witnessed by the completely modern materials used in the rebuild.

References Blackman, M, and Pulford, V, 1991, A short history of Weybridge, Walton and Weybridge Local History Society, Paper 29 Brunskill, R W, 1990, Brick Building in Britain Brunskill, R W, 1992, Traditional Buildings of Britain

Cockeram, T, 1998, ‘The Industry and Railways of the Southwest Black Country, Rufford and Co.,’ http://www.tom.cockeram.clara.net/Industry/188700rc.htm EBC, 2000, Replacement Elmbridge Borough Local Plan, Elmbridge Borough Council Greenwood, G, 1983, Walton-on-Thames and Weybridge. A dictionary of local history PPG 15, 1994, Planning and the Historic Environment, Planning Policy Guidance 15, HMSO VCH, 1911, The Victoria County History of Surrey, III, London

APPENDIX 1: Catalogue of Colour Print photographs

Frame Description Orientation Scale 1 From room 3 through room 2, to room 1 Looking SE 2 From room 3 through room 2, to room 1 Looking SE 3 From room 1 through room 2 to room 3 Looking NW 2m 4 From room 1 through room 2 to room 3 Looking NW 2m 5 From room 2/3 through room 4 Looking SW 1m 6 From room 2/3 through room 4 Looking SW 1m 7 From room 4 through rooms 2/3 Looking NE 8 From room 4 through rooms 2/3 Looking NE 9 From room 4 through room 5 to room 6 Looking SE 10 From room 4 through room 5 to room 6 Looking SE 11 From room 6 through room 5 to room 4 Looking NW 12 From room 6 through room 5 to room 4 Looking NW 13 From room 5 through room 1 to porch Looking NE 14 From room 5 through room 1 to porch Looking NE 15 From porch through room 1 to room 5 Looking SW 16 From porch through room 1 to room 5 Looking SW 17 Fireplace in room 1 Looking SE 18 Fireplace in room 1 Looking SE 19 Porch Looking NE 1m 20 Porch Looking NE 1m 21 Fireplace in room 2 Looking NE 1m 22 Fireplace in room 2 Looking NE 1m 23 Fireplace in room 5 Looking NW 1m 24 Fireplace in room 5 Looking NW 1m 25 Roof on SE facing exterior wall Looking SE 26 Roof on SE facing exterior wall Looking SE 27 Butt joint on exterior wall, room 4 Looking SE 1m, 0.5m 28 Butt joint on exterior wall, room 4 Looking SE 1m, 0.5m 29 Pantry, room 3 Looking NW 1m 30 Pantry, room 3 Looking NW 1m 31 Exterior wall Looking NW 32 Exterior wall Looking NW 33 Possible original external door Looking SE 1m 34 Possible original external door Looking SE 1m 35 General site shot Looking S 36 General site shot Looking S 37 General site shot Looking S 38 Interior wall, room 5 Looking N 0.5m 39 Interior wall, room 5 Looking N 0.5m 40 Interior wall, room 5 Looking N 0.5m 41 Interior wall, room 5, detail of butt joint Looking N 0.5m 42 Interior wall, room 5, detail of butt joint Looking N 0.5m 43 Fireplace, room 5 Looking N 0.5m, 0.1m 44 Fireplace, room 5 Looking N 0.5m, 0.1m 45 Fireplace, room 5, detail of Rufford’s brick Looking N 0.5m, 0.1m 46 Fireplace, room 5, detail of Rufford’s brick Looking N 0.5m, 0.1m 47 Fireplace, room 5, Looking N 0.5m, 0.1m 48 Fireplace, room 5, Looking N 0.5m, 0.1m 49 Exterior wall, room 6, keying in holes Looking E 0.5m, 0.1m 50 Exterior wall, room 6, keying in holes Looking E 0.5m, 0.1m 51 Exterior wall, room 6, keying in holes Looking E 0.5m, 0.1m 52 Exterior wall, room 6, keying in holes Looking E 0.5m, 0.1m 53 Exterior wall, room 6, keying in holes Looking E 0.5m, 0.1m 54 Interior doorway, Room 1-2 Looking SW 0.5m,0.1m 55 Interior doorway, Room 1-2 Looking SW 0.5m,0.1m 56 Interior doorway, Room 1-2 Looking SW 0.5m,0.1m 57 Interior doorway, Room 1-2 Looking SW 0.5m,0.1m 58 Interior wall, Room 1-2 Looking SW 0.5m, 0.1m 59 Interior wall, Room 1-2 Looking SW 0.5m, 0.1m 60 Interior wall, Room 1-2 Looking SW 0.5m, 0.1m 61 Interior wall, Room 1-2 Looking SW 0.5m, 0.1m 62 Interior wall, Room 1-2 Looking SW 0.5m, 0.1m 63 Interior wall, Room 1-2 Looking SW - 64 Fireplace, blocked in window, Room 1 Looking SE 0.5m 65 Fireplace, blocked in window, Room 1 Looking SE 0.5m 66 Fireplace, blocked in window, Room 1 Looking SE 0.5m

Frame Description Orientation Scale 67 Porch, coping tile Looking S - 68 Porch, butt joint, detail Looking S 0.5m 69 Porch, butt joint, detail Looking S 0.5m 70 Porch, butt joint Looking S 0.5m 71 Porch, butt joint Looking S 0.5m 72 Blocked East window, exterior wall, Room 1 Looking W - 73 Blocked East window, exterior wall, Room 1 Looking W - 74 Blocked West window, exterior wall, Room 1 Looking NNW - 75 Blocked West window, exterior wall, Room 1 Looking NNW - 76 Blocked West window, exterior wall, Room 1 Looking NNW - 77 Blocked West window, exterior wall, Room 1 Looking NNW - 78 Blocked West window, exterior wall, Room 1 Looking NNW - 79 Blocking infill, exterior wall, Room 3 Looking S 0.5m 80 Blocking infill, exterior wall, Room 3 Looking S 0.5m 81 Fireplace masonry butt joint, Room 5 Looking N 0.5m 82 Fireplace masonry butt joint, Room 5 Looking N 0.5m 83 Fireplace masonry butt joint, Room 5 Looking N 0.5m 84 Exterior wall, Room 4 Looking S 0.5m 85 Exterior wall, Room 4 Looking S 0.5m 86 Exterior wall, Room 4 Looking S 0.5m Client Photographs from before the fire from 6th August 1992 87 Exterior of rear extensions Looking NE - 88 Outbuilding Looking W - 89 Exterior of rear extensions Looking N - 90 Exterior of front elevation Looking SW - 91 Exterior of outbuilding Looking SE - 92 Exterior of front elevation ( 6th December 1995) Looking SW - Client photographs from after the fire and after demolition, 27th July 2001 93 Fireplace, Room 1 Looking S - 94 Fireplace, Room 5, outbuilding in background Looking N - 95 Exterior of Room 1 and porch Looking W - 96 Interior of Room 2 and 1 Looking SE - Client photographs from before the demolition 97 Exterior of porch, into Room 1 Looking SW - 98 Interior of porch Looking SW - 99 Looking through window of room 5 in to interior Looking E - 100 Looking through door into Room 6 and Room 5 Looking E - 101 Exterior of Room 4, North elevation Looking S - 102 Looking through window of Room 2 in to fireplace Looking W - 103 South wall of Room 6 Looking N - 104 South wall of Room 6 Looking N - 105 Front elevation, gable roof Looking W - 106 Front elevation, gable roof Looking SW - 107 West exterior wall of Room 4 Looking E - 108 West exterior of Rooms 5 and 6 Looking NE - Elmbridge Council Building Control photographs from demolition 109 Front elevation, Room 2 Looking W - 110 Porch, front elevation Looking W - 111 Blocked and open west window Looking N - 112 Rear elevation Looking E - 113 Chimney, in Room 5/2 Looking E - 114 Rear elevation, Room 6 and chimneys Looking E - 115 North elevation, Room 4 Looking SE - 116 North elevation Looking SE - 117 Rear elevation Looking E - 118 Rear elevation Looking E - 119 Rear elevation Looking E - 120 Front elevation Looking SW - 121 Front elevation Looking SW - 122 Front elevation Looking SW - 123 Front elevation Looking SW - 124 Front elevation Looking SW - 125 Front elevation Looking SW - 126 Front elevation Looking SW - 127 Rear elevation, window, Room 4 Looking NE -

APPENDIX 2: Catalogue of Monochrome photographs

Frame Description Orientation Scale 1 Porch Looking NE 1m 2 Fireplace in room 2 Looking NE 1m 3 Fireplace in room 2 Looking NE 1m 4 Fireplace in room 5 Looking NW 1m 5 Fireplace in room 5 Looking NW 1m 6 Roof on SE facing exterior wall Looking SE 7 Roof on SE facing exterior wall Looking SE 8 Butt joint on exterior wall, room 4 Looking SE 1m, 0.5m 9 Butt joint on exterior wall, room 4 Looking SE 1m, 0.5m 10 Pantry, room 3 Looking NW 1m 11 Pantry, room 3 Looking NW 1m 12 Exterior wall Looking NW 13 Exterior wall Looking NW 14 Possible original external door Looking SE 1m 15 Possible original external door Looking SE 1m 16 General site shot Looking S 17 General site shot Looking S 18 General site shot Looking S 19 From room 3 through room 2, to room 1 Looking SE 20 From room 3 through room 2, to room 1 Looking SE 21 From room 1 through room 2 to room 3 Looking NW 2m 22 From room 1 through room 2 to room 3 Looking NW 2m 23 From room 2/3 through room 4 Looking SW 1m 24 From room 2/3 through room 4 Looking SW 1m 25 From room 4 through rooms 2/3 Looking NE 26 From room 4 through rooms 2/3 Looking NE 27 From room 4 through room 5 to room 6 Looking SE 28 From room 4 through room 5 to room 6 Looking SE 29 From room 6 through room 5 to room 4 Looking NW 30 From room 6 through room 5 to room 4 Looking NW 31 From room 5 through room 1 to porch Looking NE 32 From room 5 through room 1 to porch Looking NE 33 From porch through room 1 to room 5 Looking SW 34 From porch through room 1 to room 5 Looking SW 35 Fireplace in room 1 Looking SE 36 Fireplace in room 1 Looking SE 37 Porch Looking NE

APPENDIX 3: Catalogue of Colour Slide images

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TQ06000 07000 BFW02/109 Brooklands Farmhouse, Brooklands Lane, Weybridge, Surrey, 2003

Figure 1. Location of site within Weybridge and Surrey.

Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Pathfinder 1190 TQ06/16 1:25000 Ordnance Survey Licence AL52324A0001 SITE

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Figure 2. Weybridge Tithe Map, 1844 SITE

BFW02/109 Brooklands Farmhouse, Brooklands Lane, Weybridge, Surrey, 2003

Figure 3. Ordnance Survey, 1864. SITE

BFW02/109 Brooklands Farmhouse, Brooklands Lane, Weybridge, Surrey, 2003

Figure 4. Ordnance Survey, 1867 SITE

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Figure 5. Ordnance Survey, 1896 SITE

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Figure 6. Ordnance Survey, 1912 SITE

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Figure 7. Ordnance Survey, 1961 N

Room 3 Room 2 Room 1

Room 4 Room 5 Room 6

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Figure 8. Phase 1, 18th century building. N

Room 3 Room 2 Room 1

Room 4 Room 5 Room 6

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Figure 9. Phase 2, 19th century building. N

Room 3

Room 2 Room 1

Keying in holes

Room 4 Room 5 Room 6

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Figure 10. Phase 3, 19th century building. N

Room 3 Room 2 Room 1

Room 4 Room 5 Room 6

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Figure 11. Phase 4, 20th century building. N

Only window that was still present at the building survey

Position of stairwell

One storey

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Figure 12. First Floor, known layout. Plate 1. Brooklands Farmhouse, as seen in August 1992, looking south east.

Plate 2. Brooklands Farmhouse, as seen in August 1992, looking north west.

BFW02/109 Plate 3. Interior of Room 1, after the fire debris clearance in July 2001. looking south west.

Plate 4. Remains of Brooklands Farmhouse, in February 2003, looking south.

BFW02/109 Plate 5. Interior of Room 1, cement infill between original and later wall, looking north west.

Plate 6. Western window, southern elevation, looking north east. BFW02/109 Plate 7. North elevation, Rooms 3 and 4 . looking south.

Plate 8, Chimney masonry, Room 5 looking north. BFW02/109 Plate 9. Keying in holes remaining on exterior wall of Room 1. looking east.

Plate 10, Front elevation, showing rebuilding of gable decorations looking south west.

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