No’s 137-139 High Street, Epsom

No’s 137-139, is a late 17th Century building where Samuel Pepys tells us that Nell Gwynne and her patron Lord Buckhurst in the 166O's "did keep a merry house". A well massed front elevation with hipped tile roof and wide eaves provide a coherent facade. The use of stucco as external render is synonymous with the revival of the Greek style in the Mid-19th century and refers to the continuing use of plaster on influential houses in and around the Home Counties and London. Together with a string of listed buildings the property is an important part of the historic character and appearance of the Epsom Conservation Area. Under pressure to improve its internal usage as a medical centre our work demonstrated to the Council that the architectural quality of the Georgian frontage would be untouched and features identified as important to the listed building would be retained, including fireplaces, timber beams and windows.