White Meads

White Meads, Knowle Lane, Cranleigh, GU6 8JW

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1044378
Date first listed:: 09-Mar-1960
List Entry Name:: White Meads
Statutory Address:: White Meads, Knowle Lane, Cranleigh, GU6 8JW

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Date:: 2004-05-31
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1044378
Date first listed:: 09-Mar-1960
Date of most recent amendment:: 28-Sep-1987
List Entry Name:: White Meads
Statutory Address 1:: White Meads, Knowle Lane, Cranleigh, GU6 8JW

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: White Meads, Knowle Lane, Cranleigh, GU6 8JW

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Surrey
District:: Waverley (District Authority)
Parish:: Cranleigh
National Grid Reference:: TQ 05671 37150

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 24/10/2019

TQ 03 NE 6/90

CRANLEIGH KNOWLE LANE White Meads

(formerly listed as Whitemeads, previously listed as Bridge Cottage)

9/3/60 II Farmhouse, now house. Late C15 with later alterations and extension to right of 1953. Timber-framed with colourwashed brick infill and tension bracing to two bays on left; C19 colourwashed brick to ground floor and to left side wall; extension of 1953 mostly of colourwashed brick but with reused timbers; tipped roof with gablets; early C17 brick ridge stack and C18 brick with oversailing courses.

Late C15 plan of central one-bay open hall flanked by two storey solar bay to left and cross passage and service bay to right; smoke-hood, added to hall and against cross passage. Circa 1550, replaced by brick chimney c.1600 when hall floored over; divided into two in C18. Two storeys; late C15 house of three window range with gabled C20 porch and C20 window with latticed lights; 1953 extension of two window range to right.

Interior not inspected but noted as having exposed timber framing with chamfered beams and jowled posts to tie beams of late C15 collar-truss roof with clasped purlins. Central former open hall has smoke-blackened rafters, and nailed framing with wattle partition to inserted smoke bay of c.1550; first-floor of solar bay to left is jettied into hall, with rounded jettied joists to crossing rail; inserted open fireplace of c.1600 with stop-chamfered bressummer; former bacon-smoking chamber over cross passage.

Listing NGR: TQ0567137150

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The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 291729
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.