Marlyn’s was threatened with demolition via a planning application that was overturned in 2018. The building has now been locally listed. Marlyn’s and Marlyn’s Cottage are both very old buildings. They appeared on the Tithe Maps of 1838 and there are references to property on the site back to the 17th century. At the rear…
Category: Conservation and Planning
Old School House Demolished
Sad to have to say goodbye to the Old Schoolhouse in Slyfield. Dating from 1870 it was apparently once the only building in the area and over the years a community grew up around it. It was an original school building dating from the time of the 1870 Education Act which introduced national education into…
Guildford Town Views
See Guildford Town Views on GBC website The council has now produced a supplementary Planning Document based on the Town Centre Views Study. The society will be commenting in full to the council. The Guildford society feels whilst a useful document it does little to create or support proper policies related to Mass and Scale that…