'The Star', Station Road, Dorking

Introduction

The photograph on this page of 'The Star', Station Road, Dorking by Stefan Czapski as part of the Geograph project.

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'The Star', Station Road, Dorking

Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 11 Jan 2012

This eye-catching pub stands on an oddly shaped plot at the corner of West Street and Station Road. Tile-hanging is frequently seen on buildings in Surrey and neighbouring counties - but the cladding on The Star is of slate. Since getting involved in Geograph I have noticed a few other slate-hung buildings in the South-East, but these include only one other pub Image at Hunston, near Chichester. Slate-hanging is far more typical of places like Cornwall, Wales, and Cumbria, where slate is a local material. Its use here is puzzling - though I suppose the job of hanging slates presents no problems to anyone skilled in hanging tiles. For another view of this building see: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2760371

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.23178
Longitude
-0.336658