Long Sutton
With an elevation of over 600ft on its south west boundary Long Sutton sits  upon the downs above the Valley of the Wey. This little haven has  picturesque brick and timbered cottages and a Tudor farmhouse. Lord Wandsworth College which is a Neo-georgian building built in   1915 and founded as a boarding school for boys who have only one parent.

The parish church is dedicated to  All Saints and has three yew trees standing like sentries in the churchyard and there is also a Sarsen stone. It has not changed all that much from the day it was built in the 13th century. There is a small wooden tower on the roof which is shelters three old bells supported on four wooden posts inside the nave and inside is a nine feet long plain wooden chest that is said to be over 600 years old and a wooden bier used to carry the dead before the Reformation.

There were also three sarsen stones found in the bank of the road between the south west corner of the churchyard and the village pond which had to be moved further back when the road was widened, and are said to mark the Harrow Way.


All Saints Church

When a new house were being dug near the centre of the village a perforated hour glass of quartz doelrite was discovered and  in Sheephouse Copse  a bell barrow in good condition  and a bowl barrow that was gutted and severely damaged by quarrying were also discovered.

The Old Schoolhouse in The Street was converted to three  cottages with timber framed brick infilling and an old tiled roof. It has rectangular chimneys with offset heads.

 
Half timbered cottages in the village
 
The Four Horsehoes   The entrance to Lord Wandsworth College


 

This village has some lovely old brick and timber constructed cottages, farm houses and even Oast houses which were meant for drying hops. Looking out to the church is the parsonage which has also been converted and one farm near the church has a section of Tudor walling and a cottage that shares its walls with an old chapel. The 17th century village store and post office is still operating and the Four Horseshoes public house still does a good trade.

HISTORY OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH