Sarsden
| Sarsden | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
 Thatched cottages at Sarsden | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP288231 |
| Location: | 51°54’21"N, 1°34’53"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 83 (2001) |
| Post town: | Chipping Norton |
| Postcode: | OX7 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Oxfordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Witney |
| Website: | Churchill and Sarsden |
Sarsden is a village about three miles south of Chipping Norton. The 2001 Census recorded the parish population as 83.
Sarsden House is a country house, rebuilt in 1689 after it was damaged by fire. In 1795 Humphry Repton landscaped the park, adding a serpentine lake and a Doric temple. In about 1825 Repton's son, the architect George Stanley Repton, remodelled the house for James Langston.[1] The house is a Grade II* listed building.[2]
The Church of England parish church, St James was rebuilt in 1760. GS Repton added a cruciform extension to the east in 1823. In 1896 the architect Walter Mills of Banbury remodelled the north transept and added the bellcote.[3]
Sarsgrove House, or the Dower House, is a mile and a half north-east of Sarsden. G.S. Repton remodelled it as a large cottage orné in 1825.[4]
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References
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, pp. 752–753.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1367832: Sarsden House (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 752.
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 753.
- Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. ISBN 0198691033
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09639-2
