Doors 317 – Doors of Godalming, Surrey, March 2025 (Part III)
A quick one this morning as I haven’t left myself much time to write. This is the third selection of doors from Godalming, a small town in deepest Surrey, a place that on the face of it is reasonably affluent, and definitely has some lovely buildings dotted about the place. I hope you enjoy these doors:
I rather like this selection of doors and the range of periods, but that last building is a beauty in my view. Here is an excerpt from a website called Geograph, about the building:
Later, dipping into the Surrey volume of ‘The Buildings of England’ I found Ian Nairn having one of his rants: ‘Nos. 74-76 . . . coming right at the end of the C17 Artisan tradition of brickwork in Surrey, and a deplorable end too . . . All sense of proportion, and even of picturesque outline, is gone’. He makes the useful point that the window design is of 18th century origin – lifted from one of Batty Langley’s pattern books.
Nairn goes on to concede that (along with No. 80, somewhat similar) Nos. 74-76 are ‘good fun to have in a town’ – even if they lack architectural merit. My own view would be that brick-built structures dating from the 1660s are pretty rare in a small-town context, and we should be grateful for those that survive.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
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Delightful selection and appreciate the additional info
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lovely doors, the yellow one is particularly striking
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Some good looking buildings and doors, Steve. I agree with you about the “brick-built structures dating from the 1660s…” I mean, who are we to criticize? We really should be grateful the building is still there.
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That building was a particular highlight of my trip.
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Thank you for the great photos. I appreciate the history details of Nos. 74-76 you shared. The provenace of these long-surving buildings add much life to them (I feel). Love the windows of the upper story, and the awning.
Love all the doors, the bloor door and covered portico is stunning! Thanks Stephen for another great tour of Godalming’s street scene in doors. Cheers.
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I agree about the blue door with the long portico. Thank you.
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