Map Ref 3E The Great Barn, Wanborough
Wanborough Guildford GU3 2JR
T 01483 444751 (c/o Guildford Museum)
heritageservices@guildford.gov.uk www.guildford.gov.uk/WanboroughBarn Opening times
14:00 –17:00 Sat 14 April, Sat 19 May, Sat 9 Jun, Sun 24 Jun, Sat 7 Jul, Sun 22 Jul, Sat 18 Aug
Tea served on Sunday open days 24 Jun, 22 Jul
Heritage open weekend 10:00 – 17:00 Fri/Sat/Sun 7,8,9 Sept Refreshments served all day during heritage weekend
Admission Free
The Great Barn at Wanborough lies just to the north of the Hog’s Back. It is one of the largest and most important medieval barns in south east England. It was built in 1388 by the Cistercian monks of Waverley Abbey, five miles away, as part of a ‘grange’ - a farm which supplied the abbey itself.
Waverley Abbey was closed down by King Henry VIII in 1536 but the barn has remained essentially as it was in the Middle Ages.
Displays in the Great Barn mainly cover aspects of local history, including Wanborough’s role in training SOE (Special Operations Executive) agents for France in World War II.
Stewards are available on the above open days to conduct tours of the hamlet including the barn and church. Visits by groups can be arranged on other dates.
50 by arrangement
30 Only by prior appointment
The Undercroft
72 High Street Guildford GU1 3HE
T 01483 444751 (c/o Guildford Museum)
heritageservices@guildford.gov.uk www.guildford.gov.uk/undercroft
Opening times May – Sept, Weds 14:00 – 16:00 Sat 12:00 – 16:00
Admission Free
The medieval Undercroft on Guildford High Street is one of the finest examples in the country. Dating from the end of the 13th century, this stone vaulted semi- basement is thought to have been a merchant’s shop, selling wine or expensive cloths or silk.
Undercrofts like this are a feature of towns engaged in the import and export trade, and the merchant who built this Undercroft must have expected to deal with prosperous clients who sought luxury goods. There are traces of perhaps half a dozen Undercrofts in Guildford at the time that this one was built. They were very expensive and only a rich merchant could afford the masonry work, indicating that Guildford was very wealthy throughout the middle ages.
Map Ref 4E
30 Visit Surrey 2012
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