Some of Holmwood's notable buildings
Anstie Grange
The mansion was built in the 1860s by Admiral Sir Leopold Heath. It served as a military hospital for officers during the First World War, when it was owned by the insurance magnate, Cuthbert Heath. It is now split into apartments.
Anstiebury Farmhouse
This farmhouse retains some 15th century features, with later extensions. There has been a dwelling on the site since before the Norman Conquest.
Betchets Green Cottage
Built in the 1590s, the cottage was; the subject of the book 'A Commoner's Cottage' by Frances Mountford
Cherry Tree Cottage
Situated on Betchets Green, this mid 18th century cottage has a 19th century bakehouse
Cinders Cottage
Part of Holmwood Park, off Mill Road, this 16th century cottage was restyled as a lodge to Holmwood Park in the 19th century
Holmwood Park
Built by Francis Seymour Larpent and once home to the antiquarian John Gough Nichols, the mansion of Holmwood Park was partially destroyed by incendiary bombing during the Second World War.
Folly Farm house
Situated off Folly Lane the farmhouse is a fine 18th century stone gentleman's residence.
Holmwood Independent Chapel
On the Horsham Road, this emall early 19th century dissenting chapel is now in residential use
Moorhurst
Two 16th century dwellings have been subsumed into the structure of this 19th century gentleman's residence which is situated on Moorhurst Lane.
Nutcracker Cottage
Situated on Spook Hill, North Holmwood, this late 17th century cottage was once part of a cluster known as Little Egypt.
Priory Cottage
On the Horsham Road at Mid Holmwod, this late 18th century cottage is adjacent to the Old Nag's Head,, once a lonely roadside inn.
Redlands Farm house
On Redlands Lane at Mid Holmwood, this late 16th century farmhouse also has a 16th century granary.
South Lodge
On Holmwood Common, this late 18th century estate cottage became a lodge to Holmwood Park in the 19th century, and was once a temporary school-house.
St Mary Magdalene, South Holmwood
The Holmwood’s first parish church was built in 1838. It was designed by John Burges Watson and has later extensions by James William Wild, 'Mr St Aubyn' and others.
St John the Evangelist, North Holmwood
Holmwood’s second parish church was built in 1874 to the design of Major Rohde Hawkins, a designer of schools who lived in South South Holmwood.
Stoneheal,
This 17th century cottage in South Holmwood retains many of its original features and was once owned by the parish’s overseer of the poor.
Stumbleholt
On the Blackbrook Road, this house retains some 17th century features.
The Dutch House
On the Horsham Road at South Holmwood, the Dutch House was built in 1897 to the design of Sir Edwin Lutyens. It was the home of Emmeline and Frederick Pethick Lawrence, leaders of the ‘suffragette’ campaign. See the Dorking & Holmwood campaign of 1912 page.
The Norfolk Arms
on the Horsham Road at Mid Holmwood, this inn was c1830 and extended and re-modelled in 1908. It ceased trading as a public house in 1969 and is now in residential use
The Old Nag's Head and September Cottages
Thes late 17th century cottages are situated off the Horsham Road at Mid Holmwood.. The Old Nag's Head was converted into an inn in the late 18th century to service the turnpike road (1755) but ceased business on the diversion of the turnpike in the 1820s; it is now in residential use.
The Old School House
On the Horsham Road at South Holmwood, the school was designed by James Park Harrison and built in 1844. It is now in residential use.
The Sundial
On the Horsham Road at South Holmwood, this cottage was built in 1903 by the Pethick Lawrences as a holiday home for impoverished mothers and their children. It was designed by Arnold Dunbar Smith and later occupied by John Langdon Davies who founded the charity PLAN.
The Studio
On Spook Hill at North Holmwood this house was once the studio of Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, sculptor to Queen Victoria. Boehm’s mansion, Bentsbrook, stood opposite.
Vigo
Situated at South Holmwood, this is a 19th century gentelman’s farmhouse, but 17th century features have been subsumed within its structure.
Waterlands Farm
Off the Blackbrook Road, this timber framed farmhouse was built in circa 1590.
Wymbletons
Off the Blackbrook Road near Four Wents pond, this house is early 19th century/late Georgian-style and is one of Holmwood’s first gentlemen’s residences.