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Deepdene Avenue, DORKING, RH4 1SR

Looking north along the thundering A24 towards the railway bridge carrying the North Downs Line between Guildford and Redhill. www.visitdorking.com

On the A24, south of Dorking Station

Bowling green in what were originally the grounds of Pippbrook House. The club was founded in 1937.

Former mansion, now this fine stone building is the Dorking Public Library.

Built in 1856 for William Henry Forman, millionaire owner of the Penydarren ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil, to replace an earlier house on the site. It was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in Victorian Gothic style. From 1891 to 1928 it was owned by the Aggs banking family, although towards the end of their ownership it fell into disrepair, before being sold to a John Alexander Lloyd in 1928 with the aim of demolishing the house, so that the site could be redeveloped. However it was subsequently rescued by Dorking Urban District Council who used it for council offices from 1931 until moving to their new premises on Reigate Road in 1984. From 1985 until the end of 2011 it was leased to Surrey County Council for use as Dorking's public library. Grade II* listed, particularly for its interior features - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1028875.

The entrance to Pippbrook House, built in 1856 for William Henry Forman, millionaire owner of the Penydarren ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil, to replace an earlier house on the site. It was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in Victorian Gothic style. From 1891 to 1928 it was owned by the Aggs banking family, although towards the end of their ownership it fell into disrepair, before being sold to a John Alexander Lloyd in 1928 with the aim of demolishing the house, so that the site could be redeveloped. However it was subsequently rescued by Dorking Urban District Council who used it for council offices from 1931 until moving to their new premises on Reigate Road in 1984. From 1985 until the end of 2011 it was leased to Surrey County Council for use as Dorking's public library. Grade II* listed, particularly for its interior features - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1028875.

Pippbrook stands to the east of the town at the foot of Ranmore and Box Hill. A house was built there in the 1750s by William Page and later occupied by William Crawford MP. That house was demolished in 1856. In its place William Henry Forman, master of the Glamorgan Ironworks, built a Gothic Renaissance mansion. It was designed in the offices of Sir George Gilbert Scott and has a richly decorated interior, much of which has been preserved. It now houses the town library http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/places/surrey/mole_valley/dorking/dorking_pippbrook