Sarsden
Sarsden | |
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Sarsden | |
Sarsden shown within Oxfordshire | |
Population | 83 (2001 census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SP2923 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Chipping Norton |
Postcode district | OX7 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
EU Parliament | South East England |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Churchill and Sarsden |
Sarsden is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Since 2012 it has been part of the Churchill and Sarsden joint parish council area, sharing a parish council with the adjacent civil parish of Churchill.
Sarsden House is a country house, rebuilt in 1689 after it was damaged by fire.[2] In 1795 Humphry Repton landscaped the park, adding a serpentine lake and a Doric temple.[3] In about 1825 Repton's son, the architect G.S. Repton, remodelled the house for James Langston.[2]
The Church of England parish church of Saint James was rebuilt in 1760.[2] G.S. Repton added a cruciform extension to the east in 1823.[2] In 1896 the architect Walter Mills of Banbury remodelled the north transept and added the bellcote.[2]
Sarsgrove House, or the Dower House, is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Sarsden.[4] G.S. Repton remodelled it as a large cottage orné in 1825.[4]
References
Sources
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 752–753. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
External links
Media related to Sarsden at Wikimedia Commons