This pub’s name commemorates Richard Carrington, who built an observatory at Redhill. He came to Redhill in 1852 and purchased the hillock – Furze Hill. The following year, he built a house with an observatory on top and called it Dome House. His talent as an observer of the stars had been recognised the previous year, when he was made a member of the Royal Astronomical Society. He began his observations of sunspots, with daylight hours devoted to the sun and the night observing the stars.

A photograph of Redhill from the Common

A photograph of Redhill, c1903

An old photograph of Redhill