page_title: Pixham
section_title: Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Pixham / Landmarks
caption_attribution_description: English: St Mary's Church, Pixham
context_page_description: Pixham is a chapelry within the parish of Dorking, Surrey on the near side of the confluence of the River Mole and the Pipp Brook to its town, Dorking, which is centred 1 km south-west. The town as a whole, uniquely in Surrey, has three railway stations; Pixham adjoins or is the location of two of the three; and is near the junction of the A24 and A25 main roads.
  Until 1910 watermills principally for corn grinding and for fulling at Pixham Mill operated, however its agricultural land has been converted to other use. At the 2011 Census the main land use was residential land; its main business being the head office of Friends Provident, small employers include a school, large inn and a waste water treatment works. Pixham covers 117 hectares.
context_section_description: Church
  The church of St Mary, a chapel of ease to Dorking parish church has a barrel-vaulted ceiling; is in the centre and was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1903.  Due purely to its architecture not its age is ranked above the other three listed buildings in the village in the mid-category rather than starting level category at Grade II*. Non-eucharist services for the whole community take place on the majority of Sundays at this church.
  Pixham Mill
  The present plain three-storey brick building dates from 1837 replacing an earlier one. The machinery was driven by a 13 ft diameter overshot wheel. The mill was operated by an Attlee family (who also ran Parsonage Mill) from 1882 until milling ceased in 1910. The machinery was removed in 1937 for use in a Sussex mill. During World War II Moss Bros. used the building as a warehouse. It is now a  private house, but the water channels remain.
  The house and the adjacent cottage were flooded three feet deep at Christmas 2013.
  Pixham Mill Cottage
  Two centuries older than the adjacent listed house named after Pixham Mill here by having been built in the first half of the 17th century, this timber-framed cottage with painted brick infill is Grade II listed and the oldest home in the settlement.
  Old Castle Mill
  This four-storey red brick, early 19th century mill has some of its machinery intact, however appears to have been defunct by 1912 and is a private house.
  Primary School
  This is the main amenity in the village.  It is supported by the mother church to St Mary's Chapel in the village, St Martin's, Dorking and is a Church of England primary school with playing fields.
caption: St Mary's Church, designed by Edwin Lutyens
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