The Cedars

THE CEDARS, 14, CHURCH STREET

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Explore this list entry

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1378227
Date first listed:
10-Apr-1954
List Entry Name:
The Cedars
Statutory Address:
THE CEDARS, 14, CHURCH STREET
User submitted image
Contributed by Samantha Amos This photo may not represent the current condition of the site. Over 400,000 images and stories have been added to the Missing Pieces Project so far. Share your story.
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. 

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

Icon Buildings
Icon Scheduled monuments
Icon Parks and gardens
Icon Battlefields
Icon Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
Date:
2000-06-18
Reference:
IOE01/00344/22
Rights:
© Peter Karry. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1378227
Date first listed:
10-Apr-1954
List Entry Name:
The Cedars
Statutory Address 1:
THE CEDARS, 14, CHURCH STREET

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
THE CEDARS, 14, CHURCH STREET

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

County:
Surrey
District:
Epsom and Ewell (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TQ 21216 60598

Details

EPSOM 1. 1086 CHURCH STREET (West Side) No 14 (The Cedars) TQ 2160 30/20 10.4.54. II* GV

2. Late C17-early C18. Two storeys with central three storey "tower" of stock brick. Wings of stock brick with red brick dressings, 3 sashes, plain pilasters to angles, tall parapets ramped up to ball finials. "Tower" has central pilasters, carved brackets, open pediment enclosing shield of arms crest of Mysters of Charterhouse Square, London, builder of the house. Door of six fielded panels. 1st floor of tower with 3 sashes and cill on brackets, the outer windows narrow. Band between storeys, 2nd floor has semi-circular window in three parts, bracketed sill and ornamental keystone. Cornice, blocking course and ball finials. Interior: hall has plaster cornice, marble floor and staircase with turned balusters. South ground floor room has plaster panelling and ceiling with Rococo designs including 4 portrait medallians. Wooden chimney piece with pedimented shelf, Rococo carving on frieze and festoons of flowers on pilasters. Overmantel with mirror set in scrolled and shouldered architrave. Ornamental cast iron fire back. Doorway with reeded pilasters, cornice and Arms of Mysters over, surrounded by festoon of fruit. South back room with panelled plaster ceiling containing heads of the Four Seasons. North back room has panelled ceiling. Two bedrooms on garden front with panelling. Good joinery throughout. The Cedars, built by a Lord Mayor of German extraction, was the home of Mary Moffatt, who married Dr Livingstone from here.

Nos 14 to 24 (even), Nos 24A, 24B. Outhouse to north of No 18 and the Old King's Head Public House form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ2121660598

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:
290648
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.

Ordnance survey map of The Cedars

Map

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 23-Jun-2026 at 01:03:27.

Download a full scale map (PDF)
© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. Use of this mapping is subject to Terms and Conditions.

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.

Previous Overview
Next Comments and Photos