Architectural Gems

Sir William Chambers designed Peper Harow House (above,Listed Grade 1) in 1765, along with a complete set of ancillary buildings:-

• to the north, Farnham Lodge with lunettes
  
• to the south-east, Eashing Lodge with a pediment 
  
• an octagonal dovecot near the house with rusticated quoins and tiny lunette openings for the doves 
  
• the big three-sided stables, now The Carriage House, according to Pevsner "in many ways the most impressive of the 18^th Century buildings here"   
  

The Carriage House
Sir William Chambers 
1762

Augustus Welby Pugin's influence can be seen not only in the renovation of St Nicholas Church (right) but also in the strange collection of buildings at Oxenford Grange farm, across the River Wey. 

Once a principal entrance to Peper Harow Park, they include a magnificent barn and gatehouse, thought by Pevsner to be 'among Pugin's best buildings'. 

The buildings of Oxenford Grange form a fantasy of medieval architecture,  a picturesque set-piece complete with weeping willow and pond.

Oxenford Grange

Nearby, and dating from an earlier era, Home Farm consists of a simple, pretty 17^th Century farmhouse, tile-hung above a stone ground floor.  Attached to it is an impressive collection of farm buildings, including a large courtyard of rustic buildings around a circa 1600 granary.  Listed Grade I, it is regarded as one of the finest vernacular buildings in the south of England.