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The listed buildings and conservation areas
in Epsom and Ewell
Every year, normally in September, a number of the historic buildings
of Epsom are opened to the public over a weekend. For a list of buildings
open in the year 2002, please see our Heritage
Open Day page. Many of these buildings and some others were open
in September 2003. For information about future Heritage Open Days
in Epsom and Ewell, and also in many other areas of the country, please
see the relevant pages on the Heritage
Open Days website
This year, the Heritage Open Days in Epsom and Ewell are on 13 and 14 September 2003. For details click here
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"We make our buildings, and then they make us". Those of us fortunate enough
to live or work in the area probably take much of our built environment
for granted, forgetting all the myriad ambitions, forces, and chances which
contributed to the very interesting historic areas of our community, and
probably equally unconscious of the continuing effort put in by building
owners and the borough council to preserve and enhance the buildings we
have been fortunate to have handed down to us from the past. The role of
the Borough Council as planning authority is crucial here, and it is exercised
through the national framework of planning controls, and in particular through
the designation of Conservation Areas, for which very specific policy
guidelines are laid down.
Epsom and Ewell has 14 buildings which are listed Grade
II*, and 10 conservation areas. Each of the
conservation areas has a Planning Guidance Note which can be obtained by
writing to the Planning and Engineering Department of the Epsom and Ewell
Borough Council, Town Hall, The Parade, Epsom, KT18 5BY.
This page simply gives the names of the listed Grade II* buildings and the
conservation areas - it is planned in due course to produce pages summarising
the interesting buildings and features of each of the conservation areas.
The 14 listed Grade II* buildings in the Borough are:
Epsom Town Centre Conservation Area
- Ashley House, Ashley Road, Epsom
- 127-129 High Street, Epsom
- Waterloo House,147-153 High Street, Epsom
 Woodcote Grove
Chalk Lane Conservation Area
- Woodcote Grove, Chalk Lane, Epsom
- The Durdans, Chalk Lane Epsom (including the gates)
- The Durdans Riding School, Chalk Lane, Epsom
- Woodcote Green House, Woodcote Green Road, Epsom
- Queen Anne House, Woodcote Road, Epsom (including its garden wall)
 St. Martin's Church
Church Street Conservation Area
- Ebbisham House, Church Street, Epsom
- St Martin's Church, Church Street, Epsom
- The Cedars, 14 Church Street, Epsom
 Woodcote Park
Not in a conservation area
- The Hylands, Dorking Road,Epsom (including forecourt piers, clairvoyee,
and gates)
- Hylands House, Dorking Road, Epsom
- Woodcote Park, Wilmerhatch Lane, Epsom (incl. steps, collonades and
outer pavilions)
The 10 Conservation Areas in the Borough are:
- Epsom Town Centre
- Ewell Village
- Chalk Lane
- Church Street
- Woodcote
- Stamford Green
- Burgh Heath Road
- College Road
- Pikes Hill
- Worple Road
It is well worth while to obtain the leaflets on these conservation areas
from the Planning and Engineering Department, which give detailed comments
on many of the individual buildings in the area. Though most of them are
privately owned and not open to the public, many of the interesting architectural
features can be seen from the public highway, and each of them makes a very
nice walk. We hope to publish a series of Heritage Trails based on these
leaflets in due course.
The Borough Councils's key conservation policies are:
- to seek to conserve and enhance the built heritage of the Borough;
the design of new developments is to make a positive contribution
- to prepare enhancement schemes for its Conservation Areas in consultation
with local residents
- to require detailed appications for development proposals in Conservation
Areas
- to formulate and publish from time to time proposals for the preservation
and enhancement of the Conservation Areas.
Buildings are listed by the Department of the
Envirionment. All buildings built before 1700 surviving in anything like
their original state are listed. Buildings between 1780 and 1840 are listed
where they demonstarte new technological advances, are the principal works
of notable architects, or are otherwise importanct examples of vivic building.
Recently, later buildings have also been listed.
There are three grades classified according to their relative importance:
Grade 1: these are buildings of outstanding national importance which
should on no account be destroyed. These account for about 4% of all listed
buildings.
Grade II*: there are buildings of particular importance and of more
than special interest. These account for about 5% of all listed buildings
Grade II: these are building of special interest which warrant every
effort being made to preserve them. These account for about 91% of all listed
buildings.
More information on Historic Buildings, Listing, and Advice to Owners is
given in "Building Conservation in Surrey - Advisory Leaflet No. 1 " available
from the Surrey County Council or the Planning Departments of the local
councils.
This page was prepared with the co-operation of the the Epsom
and Ewell Borough Council. Their help is gratefully acknowledged.
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