Sarsden

Sarsden

Thatched cottages at Sarsden
Sarsden
Sarsden shown within Oxfordshire
Population 83 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference SP2923
Civil parish
  • Sarsden
District
Shire county
Region
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.[2]

Sarsden House is a country house, rebuilt in 1689 after it was damaged by fire.[3] In 1795 Humphry Repton landscaped the park, adding a serpentine lake and a Doric temple.[4] In about 1825 Repton's son, the architect G.S. Repton, remodelled the house for James Langston.[3]

The Church of England parish church of Saint James was rebuilt in 1760.[3] G.S. Repton added a cruciform extension to the east in 1823.[3] In 1896 the architect Walter Mills of Banbury remodelled the north transept and added the bellcote.[3]

Sarsgrove House, or the Dower House, is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Sarsden.[5] G.S. Repton remodelled it as a large cottage orné in 1825.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Area selected: West Oxfordshire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.churchillsarsden.com/parish-council.html
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 752
  4. ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, pages 752-753
  5. 1 2 Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 753

Sources

  • Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 752–753. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.

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