These buildings were built in the late 19th or early 20th century, and are typical of the small workshops that were once very common in towns and villages.
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Overview
Dates From
Late 19th—early 20th century
Dismantled
1982
Reconstructed
1983
Original Location
Witley, Surrey
Building History
Background Information
The joiners’ shop belonged to the Mullard family of Witley. Originally it was the carpenters’ and joiners’ shop for a firm doing general building work, and a dozen men would have worked at the three benches inside.
A photograph found in the Windlesham carpenter’s shop showing (in the background) a building very similar to the joiners’ shop from Witley.
Latterly the firm concentrated on monumental masonry and coffin making. The bench nearest the fire was known as the ‘coffin bench’. It contains a small cubby-hole where the pot of pitch was kept, after being heated on the fire.
Top 3 Interesting Facts
A Typical Workshop
The building is typical of workshops found in towns and villages in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Surprising Doors
Looking up at the building you can see larger doors, which allowed finished items to leave the building.
The Mullard Family
The workplace of 12 men, the Mullard family’s general building firm’s work included coffin making.
