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Clayton Mead, GODSTONE, RH9 8NX

A many times extended house on the corner of Salisbury Road and High Street, now including two very different types of shops - an off licence next to a mormon book shop is a bit of a contrast!

This building first appears on the 1935 1:2500 map, at the entrance to a sandpit that is shown on a number of earlier maps, suggesting that its present role is a natural development of past land use here.

The light reflects the intermittent heavy rain throughout the afternoon, as seen on the road.

Junction of Godstone Hill with Oxted Road, historically the junction of the Surrey and Sussex Turnpike of 1718, running from Southwark to Highgate in the Ashdown Forest, en route to Eastbourne, and the Wrotham Heath and Croydon and Godstone Road Turnpike of 1765. On the right is a milestone on the former, a close up of which is in Image

Carved stone post by the A25, in parish of GODSTONE (TANDRIDGE District), High Street, junction with Oxted Road (A25), on pavement, back to hedge, on East side of road. Surrey limestone pillar, erected by the Surrey & Sussex turnpike trust in the 18th century. Inscription reads:- : XX / Miles / from the / Standard / in / Cornhill / LONDON / 1744 : : XIX Miles / from / West / minster / Bridge : : XX / Miles / from the / Standard / in / Cornhill / LONDON / 1744 : Carved benchmark and rivet on top. Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1257943 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1257943 Milestone Society National ID: SY_LL20.

Close up of the milestone in Image It dates from 1744 is one of a series of milestones on the Surrey and Sussex Turnpike of 1718, running from Southwark to Highgate in the Ashdown Forest, en route to Eastbourne. One side is inscribed "XX Miles From the Standard at Cornhill, LONDON - 1744" but the other inscriptions are unclear. Grade II listed - see http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1257943.

This road first appears, without development, on the 1896 1:2500 map. The flags commemorate this being Diamond Jubilee year.

North wall of DD services (see Image). Built of hearthstone, it includes patches of galleting.

Lake popular with divers and open water swimmers

Garage in High Street. Although the building as a whole does not appear particularly old, the north wall is interesting - see Image A possible explanation is that old maps show a building here marked as a malthouse, and perhaps the wall is the part of this original building.