Cranleigh Heritage Trust
A community led project to repurpose the Old Cranleigh Hospital Cottage
Cranleigh Heritage Trust
A community led project to repurpose the Old Cranleigh Hospital Cottage
Our Vision
We plan to bring this beautiful building in the heart of Cranleigh back into use for the community.
Find out how we plan to do this.
About Us
We are a charity that has been set up to preserve historical buildings within the village of Cranleigh, as well as other heritage projects in the community. Our first project is Old Cranleigh Hospital Cottage, who some might know as Napper Cottage.
History
The cottage, which constitutes the small tile hung building between the current hospital car park and the Three Horseshoes pub, has been dendrochronologically dated to 1446 and thus qualifies as one of the oldest buildings in the area.
This was the original village hospital in Cranleigh, it was the first of its kind in England and is cited as the origin of the funding model, free at the point of care, that resulted in today’s NHS.
