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Pixham Lane, DORKING, RH4 1NW

Block of 12 apartments on Pixham Lane, completed in 2002.

Block of 12 apartments on Pixham Lane, completed in 2002.

At the corner of Leslie Road and Pixham Lane. By no means a typical Surrey church. The design is, in fact, an early work by Edwin Lutyens, circa 1900. Lutyens grew up at Thursley, in south-west Surrey, and his early commissions in that area seem to be inspired by local tradition, making much use of traditional materials http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2453442. The church he designed for Pixham shows signs of a more independent attitude. Curiously, this church was overlooked by Prof. Pevsner and Ian Nairn when they compiled the Surrey volume of 'The Buildings of England' in 1962 - being included only when Bridget Cherry revised the volume in 1971. For the listing text see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-404266-pixham-church-dorking Update, October 2014: I can't help thinking that Lutyens was influenced by CH Townsend's design for the little church at Blackheath, south-east of Guildford http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4211955 The similarity between the façades (west-fronts) of the two buildings is undeniable, especially as Lutyens doesn't stray far from Townsend's yellow-ochre and terracotta 'palette'. Rather cleverly - I think - Lutyens uses a miniature version of Townsend's open bellcote, bringing it forward to make it part of the overall composition of the west front. On the other hand, Lutyens didn't retain Townsend's overhanging eaves, which seems to me a pity.

The bridge is for the Redhill - Guildford railway line. The church was designed by Sir Edward Lutyens, 1903.

Small church on Pixham Lane, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the late 1800s.

Otherwise known simply as Pixham Church, this church was built to a design of Sir Edwin Lutyens and dedicated in 1903. It is grade II* listed - for listing particulars see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1279086.

Seen here at its junction with Leslie Road. On the left is the front of Pixham Church (see Image). The gabled building beyond is the former post office which closed in 1990.

Detail of this early Lutyens church, as seen from Leslie Road. The church was designed to double up as a village hall, and - with the exception of the west front - the impression from outside is rather cosy and domestic.

Built to a design of Sir Edwin Lutyens and dedicated in 1903. It is grade II* listed - for listing particulars see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1279086.

This building is an early design by Lutyens, dating from circa 1900. Lutyens grew up in Surrey (at Thursley), and many of his early commissions were within the county. Much of his early work was strongly influenced by local traditions, but in the case of Pixham church there is very little to remind you you're in Surrey. To architectural historians, the semi-circular design over the doorway is a 'tympanum' - a feature often found in Romanesque churches (and in Norman churches in England). Here at Pixham, Lutyens seems to have adapted the tympanum motif to represent a rising sun. See also Image