Where is Willmer House?

Willmer House is in South East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.2132°, -0.8045°.

Gardens · South East England

Willmer House

Willmer House — a garden in england-south-east, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)

Willmer House is a garden of interest in england-south-east, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Willmer House is a grade I listed building in Farnham, Surrey, in England. Built in 1718 for a local hop merchant the building later became a school and dental surgery. Since 1961 it has housed the Museum of Farnham. The building was purchased by Waverley Borough Council from Surrey County Council in 2012. Willmer House is Baroque in style and features an elaborate red-brick façade, described by the Pevsner Architectural Guide as one of the finest in the country. Architectural historian Nathaniel Lloyd, in 1929, described the pilasters at either end of the façade as "perhaps the most beautiful example extant of the Doric order interpreted in brick". A restoration of the façade in 2017 revealed it was in need of more significant repair than had been thought. Since 2018 scaffolding has been in place to protect the public from falling masonry. The council applied for Arts Council England funding in 2022 to part-fund the repairs.

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Background

History

Willmer House was built in 1718 as a house for the local hop merchant John Thorne, on land parcelled off in 1710. The site has earlier occupation as building work in 1992–93 revealed a late mediaeval chalk wall, probably used to retain a garden terrace, a brick-lined Tudor period well, a rubbish pit and a 17th-century cobbled surface and associated Purbeck Marble flagstone path. Pottery from the 13th and 14th centuries was also found. By the early Victorian period the house had become a private boarding school for boys. It later housed a girls school and a dental surgery. The eastern garden wall, of red brick, was separately listed, in grade II, on 29 December 1972. Since 1961 the structure…

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