Oakdene

Oakdene is a converted barn, now a house, dating to around 1430. The date has been confirmed by tree-ring dating. The barn is timber framed and weatherboarded, with a replaced brick plinth and a gabled shingled roof. It has a four-bay plan, aligned east-west, with the western bay slightly narrower. A modern wing, of no particular architectural interest, is attached to the south side.

The exterior of the barn has altered entrances on the north and south sides, with partial rebuilding of the south wall and the insertion of modern windows and doors.

Inside, the timber frame features jowled posts at the corners and around the former entrances, a midrail, and long passing braces at each angle. There are slots in the north, west, and east walls indicating former wattle and daub panels, both above and below the midrail. The roof is a crown post roof; the westernmost crownpost has been replaced. The remaining crownposts are square with square-sectioned longitudinal and transverse braces. The roof retains housings for the original rafters of what would have been a hipped roof.

The barn was formerly associated with Cyprus Farm, a late 19th-century farmhouse located to the east. Historical records for the area are incomplete, and it is unclear if the barn was part of a medieval farmstead. The barn's dating makes it typical of Surrey barns with long passing braces which are known to be from the later 15th century.

The barn is designated a group value building because it is a largely complete medieval barn frame dated to about 1430, retains evidence of wattle and daub panels arranged unusually above and below the midrail, and has a four-bay design - uncommon for medieval barns.