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High Street, DORKING, RH4 1AQ

St Martin's Walk, the High Street frontage of which is on the left of the photo, was completed in 1991. 155-157 High Street, the 3 storey stuccoed building on the right of the photo, along with 159-161 High Street, the largely matching brick building, part of which can be seen to its right, were late 18th/early 19th Century houses and are grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1028869. Old photos would suggest there was once a third matching building in this group. This is because the building in the centre of the photo, 145-153 High Street, would appear to have once been a smaller building in two ways. The left hand section (with 6 windows at first floor level), currently housing The Original Factory Shop, was until closure in 2008, the Dorking branch of Woolworths. Francis Frith photos from c.1937 www.francisfrith.com/dorking/dorking-high-street-1937_87851 and c.1955 www.francisfrith.com/dorking/dorking-high-street-c1955_d45049 show it as a single storey building, whilst ones from c.1960 www.francisfrith.com/dorking/dorking-high-street-c1960_d45247 and c.1965 www.francisfrith.com/dorking/dorking-high-street-c1965_d45169 shows it with the first storey added. However in all these what is now the right hand section (with 4 windows at first floor level) appears to be a 3 storey building, similar to 155-161 High Street, suggesting that this was subsequently demolished and replaced with an extension of the Woolworths building. A join can be seen in the first floor brickwork between the 6th and 7th window, which is consistent with it being a later addition. The top of the spire of St Martin's Church can be seen behind.

Grade II listed. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-289935-155-161-high-street-surrey

Low evening sun over central Dorking, as seen from Box Hill. Prominent on the right is the spire of St Martin's Church.

Modern pedestrianized shopping street on the north side of Dorking's High Street. The Christmas lights are on.

Looking west from near the Dene Street junction.

155-161 High Street (the pair on the left) and 163-171 (on the right) both date from the late 18th/early 19th Centuries, and are separately grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1028869 and www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1028870. Old photos such as Francis Frith c.1932 www.francisfrith.com/dorking/dorking-high-street-1932_84974a suggest that there was a third broadly matching building to the left of 155-161 High Street.