Dorking Temperance Hotel and Harmans Antiques white plaque
Overview
Dorking Temperance Hotel and Harmans Antiques white plaque is recorded as Commemorative plaque in England Mole Valley. This white commemorative plaque records: Harmans Antiques and West Street. This fine Victorian building was established as the Dorking Temperance Hotel in the later 19th century, replacing a butcher's shop and slaughterhouse which had previously stood on the site.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This white commemorative plaque records: Harmans Antiques and West Street.
People and events
The saved account records: This fine Victorian building was established as the Dorking Temperance Hotel in the later 19th century, replacing a butcher's shop and slaughterhouse which had previously stood on the site.
How it worked
The saved account records: It is now one of the many antique shops for which West Street is internationally famous, some of them, Nos 12-15 for example, incorporating part of 16th century or earlier buildings.
What remains
The official record fixes the place and calls it Commemorative plaque. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it mattered
Dorking Temperance Hotel and Harmans Antiques white plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: Harmans Antiques and West Street. This fine Victorian building was established as the Dorking Temperance Hotel in the later 19th century, replacing a butcher's shop and slaughterhouse which had previously stood on the site. It is now one of the many antique shops for which West Street is internationally famous, some of them, Nos 12-15 for example, incorporating part of 16th century or earlier buildings. The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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