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Nutfield Road, REDHILL, RH1 4BA

This large Victorian house, now divided into flats, first appears on the 1896-97 map, as one of four unnamed buildings next to each other on Nutfield Road. By the time of the 1935-38 map, only the central two were still there, this building and the one immediately to the east, with both the easternmost and westernmost of the quartet no longer shown. The names Brampton and Rosenhalles (its eastern neighbour, similar in design) first appear on the 1966-68 map.

Climbing away from Redhill to the top of the Greensand ridge.

A telephoto view of the former Copyhold Works. Fuller's Earth Union Ltd was incorporated in 1890 amalgamating three quarries of Fuller's Earth found in strata of the Lower Greensand Nutfield Ridge and nearby, as well as some near Bath in Somerset. Its headquarters were at Patteson Court, situated between Nutfield and Redhill (now demolished, but its stable block/outhouses remain - see Image). In 1954, it was bought by the chemical giant Laporte Industries, who developed the Copyhold processing works seen in the background here, which was situated next to one of the quarries. For the next four decades it was a major producer, including significant exports. However, production ceased in 1996. The site was taken over for waste processing, with the former quarries being used as a major landfill facility, a role they continue to have (the facilities in the foreground are connected with this - methane extraction?). For a few years the Works themselves were used as a waste transfer station, but this has since ceased and they now lie derelict. The telephoto view has accentuated what would appear to be a heat haze, perhaps caused by the sun on the sheeting used to line the landfill site.

A large Victorian house, now divided into flats. It is shown unnamed on the 1870-72 map, and named Claremont on the 1896-7 map, a name still appearing on the 1966-68 map.

c.1930s housing in the Redstone Hill area of Redhill. In the distance can be seen Gatton Hall.

c.1930s housing off Nutfield Road in the Redstone Hill area of Redhill.

Redstone Hill, Redhill. 10% steep hill down sign.

c.1930s housing in the Redstone Hill area of Redhill. The name derives from that of a large house previously on the site, called Oakwood.