ÿþ<HTML LANG=en-GB> <HEAD> <title>The Derelict Miscellany :: Longhurst Lodge</title> <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <META name="resource-type" content="document"> <META name="description" content="A photographic tour of the derelict Longhurst Lodge at the entrance to Baynard's Park, Surrey"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html"> <meta name="keywords" content="derelict, Longhurst, Lodge, Baynards, Thurlow, Victorian, Cranleigh, Surrey, cottage, abandoned"> <meta name="copyright" content="&copy; Dan Gregory"> </head> <body link="#668b8b" bgcolor="darkgray" text="000000" vlink="#668b8b"> <center> <table width=1044> <tr><td> <table width=1044 cellspacing=0> <tr background="gam_print_ordsvywat-sun-171278517207606.jpg"> <td background="gam_print_ordsvywat-sun-171278517207606.jpg" align=right><A HREF="index.html"><img src=1.jpg border=0></a></td><td background="gam_print_ordsvywat-sun-171278517207606.jpg" align=center> <a indepth="true" STYLE="text-decoration: none" HREF="index.html"><h1>T H E &nbsp D E R E L I C T &nbsp M I S C E L L A N Y</H1></A> R e f l e c t i o n s &nbsp o n &nbsp f o r g o t t e n &nbsp a n d &nbsp a b a n d o n e d &nbsp s p a c e s <br><br> </td><td background="gam_print_ordsvywat-sun-171278517207606.jpg" align=left><A HREF="index.html"><img src=2.jpg border=0></a></td></tr></table> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#EEE9E9"> <center> <a indepth="true" STYLE="text-decoration: none" href="http://derelictmisc.org.uk/index.html">{home} </a> &nbsp &nbsp <a indepth="true" STYLE="text-decoration: none" href="http://derelictmisc.org.uk/menu2.html">{menu} </a> &nbsp &nbsp <a indepth="true" STYLE="text-decoration: none" href="aboot.html">{about} </a> &nbsp &nbsp <a indepth="true" STYLE="text-decoration: none" href="cont.html">{contact} </a> &nbsp &nbsp <a indepth="true" STYLE="text-decoration: none"href="http://twitter.com/DerelictMisc" target="blank">{twitter}</a> &nbsp &nbsp <a indepth="true" STYLE="text-decoration: none" href="disc.html">{disclaimer}</a> &nbsp &nbsp <a href="#" STYLE="text-decoration: none" onClick="window.open('veh/index.html','', 'width=589,height=577,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;"> {rusty old cars}</A> &nbsp &nbsp <a href="#" STYLE="text-decoration: none" onClick="window.open('misc/menu.html','', 'width=870,height=482,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;"> {miscellany}</A> &nbsp &nbsp <a indepth="true" STYLE="text-decoration: none" href="links.html">{links}</a> &nbsp &nbsp <a indepth="true" STYLE="text-decoration: none" href="contrib.html">{contribute} </a> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=#EEE9E9><table width=100% bgcolor="#EEE9E9"> <td width=13></td><td> <center> <br><u><font size="5">Longhurst Lodge</font></u><br></center> </center> <b>What:</B> Gate lodge <BR> <b>Where:</B> Cranleigh, Surrey <BR> <b>Built:</b> c. 1850-1860 <BR><b>Architect:</b> Unknown <BR> <b>Abandoned:</b> c. 1980 <BR> <b>Listed:</b> Grade II. <BR> <b>Visited:</B> 2006 <BR> <b>Last Known Condition:</b> Restored to habitation, 2009 <BR> <b>Page Updated:</B> November 2011 <br> <br> <p align="left">Longhurst Lodge stands at the end of an overgrown drive that once lead to the Elizabethan mansion of Baynards, built c. 1587 by George More of Loseley and substantially rebuilt in 1832 - 1840 by architects Thomas Rickman and Benjamin Ferrey <font size="1">[1]</font> for the Reverend Thomas Thurlow.<font size="1">[2]</font> It was in Thurlow's time that this lodge was built, circa 1850-1860 in an Elizabethan Revival style which complemented the great house itself. The exterior walls are covered in decorative Roman cement render with mouldings of lions, wild boar, geese, thistles, roses, grapes and other flora and fauna. Inside is a two up, two down house with a small extension to accommodate modern necessities such as a kitchen and bathroom (cooking would originally have been done in the dining room).<br> In 1979, despite the best efforts of local fire brigades, Baynards Mansion was gutted by fire and demolished shortly afterwards.<font size="1">[3]</font> It was probably not long after this that Longhurst Lodge fell out of use: by 1987 the lodge was empty <font size="1">[4]</font> and the gates were welded shut and now surplus to requirements, the house mouldered in the damp, cool shade of the trees which began slowly to close in and choke the driveway. <br> <center> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/lodge.jpg','', 'width=537,height=319,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" HREF="planlodge.htm"><u><font size=3>Click here to open a plan of the lodge.</font></u></A> <br> <br></b> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/0bayl.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="The gate to the disused driveway." src="domestic/th_0bayl.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl1.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="Sign." src="domestic/th_bayl1.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl2.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="The lodge seen through the side gate." src="domestic/th_bayl2.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl3.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="The Lodge from inside the gates." src="domestic/th_bayl3.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl4.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="The front of the house." src="domestic/th_bayl4.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl6.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="The dining room." src="domestic/th_bayl6.jpg" border=0> </A><br> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl7.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="The main door." src="domestic/th_bayl7.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl9.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="The kitchen sink." src="domestic/th_bayl9.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl10.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="Bathroom door and flue (corner right) which may have been connected to the stove which is now in the dining room." src="domestic/th_bayl10.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl11.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="The bathroom." src="domestic/th_bayl11.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl113.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="The parlour." src="domestic/th_bayl113.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl15.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="Window lead and a what was, at one time evidently a very stupid pheasant on the floor." src="domestic/th_bayl15.jpg" border=0> </A> <br> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl16.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="Staircase." src="domestic/th_bayl16.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl17.jpg','', 'width=480,height=640,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="The staircase looking down (partial preview, click here for full length)." src="domestic/th_prev-bayl17.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl19.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="A very large hole in the floor at the top of the stairs - the joists were not crossable." src="domestic/th_bayl19.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl20.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="Bedroom." src="domestic/th_bayl20.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl21.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="Outside again; the house from further down the drive." src="domestic/th_bayl21.jpg" border=0> </A> <a href="#" onClick="window.open('domestic/bayl22.jpg','', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no');return false;" > <img alt="The back of the house." src="domestic/th_bayl22.jpg" border=0> </A> <BR><br> The people who lived within these walls left no trace of themselves - no furniture, no furnishings, no utensils, no ephemera - not a single personal item has been left in the house. We may never know who these people were; their material posessions have been removed and their identity erased from the house by time and nature. By 2006, the lodge was in a parlous state, having been abandoned for 20-30 years. Discarded polyethene sheet filled the dining room and the range, ripped from the kitchen by overzealous scrapmen sat unwanted in the middle of the floor. To make matters worse, a serious damp problem had stained the walls various unpleasant shades of green and brown and rotted large holes in the floor and roof timbers.. <br><br> The Baynards Estate was put up for sale late in 2007, with planning permission to build a 12,000sq ft mansion on the site of the great house. The land was divided into thirteen parcels to be sold, of which Longhurst Lodge was one, valued at £175,000. It is currently being restored (2009) and will make a small but servicable home. <font size="1">[4]</font> <br><br> <br><font size="1"> <u>SOURCES OF INFORMATION</u> [1] Surrey Historic Environment Record, HER 5972 - Baynards Park Mansion Available at: http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/SHHER_5972 Accessed: 03/02/11 <br><br> [2] "'Parishes: Ewhurst', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3" (1911), pp. 97-101. Available at: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42937 Accessed: 09/07/06 <br><br> [3] Hanning, A.C. (2004), "Rootsweb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Re: Sidneys of Cranleigh, Surrey." Available at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2004-08/1092743651 Accessed: 09/07/06 <br><br> [3] English Heritage (1987), Listing Text for Lodge to Baynards Park Available at: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-291723-lodge-to-baynards-park-cranleigh Accessed: 03/02/11 <br><br> [4] Davies, H. (October 30, 2005) "Is it worth it? (Lot 5, Longhurst Lodge, Baynards Park, Cranleigh, Surrey, £175,000)" (in the Times Online Newspaper) [Special thanks to Miss Louisa Westwood for emailing this to me in July 2006]. <br><br><u>ALSO</u> <br><br> "G.I. Barnett Street Plan of Horsham, Cranleigh, Ewhurst, Rudgwick, Ockley with Index to Streets." (Undated) Barking, G.I. Barnett &amp; Son Ltd. <br> <br> <center></font><b> <a href="index.html">Home..</a></b><br> <BR> </td><td width=13></td></tr></table> </TD></TR><TR><TD bgcolor="#EEE9E9" ALIGN=CENTER> <font size=1>Derelict Miscellany. Website &amp; content Copyright D. A. Gregory 2005-Present unless stated to be otherwise.</font> </td></tr></table> </font> </body> </html>