Sandon, Staffordshire
Coordinates: 52°51′47″N 2°04′44″W / 52.863°N 2.079°W
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 All Saints' parish church |
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 Sandon
Sandon shown within Staffordshire |
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| OS grid reference | SJ9429 |
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| Civil parish | Sandon and Burston |
| District | Stafford |
| Shire county | Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stafford |
| Postcode district | ST18 |
| Dialling code | 01889 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Stone |
| List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire | |
Sandon is a village in Staffordshire, about 4.5 miles (7 km) northeast of Stafford. The village is in the Trent Valley on the A51 road.
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[edit] Sandon Park
There is a rectangular moated site in Sandon Park, about 170 metres (560 ft) northeast of the parish church.[1] The site measures about 100 metres (330 ft) by 80 metres (260 ft) and the moat varies from 10 metres (33 ft) to 15 metres (49 ft) wide.[1] It was the site of the parish's manor house, which was the home of the Erdeswick family from 1338 until the middle of the 17th century.[1] The moat site is a scheduled monument.[1]
In 1776 Nathaniel Ryder was ennobled as Baron Harrowby. He commissioned the architect Samuel Wyatt to transform the manor house into Sandon Hall and the landscape gardener William Emes to create a 400 acres (160 ha) park.[2] Creating the park involved demolishing Sandon village, which was close to the house and parish church, and building a new village further away from the house and church.
In 1848 a workman on the roof of Sandon Hall accidentally set the building on fire, which caused such damage that it had to be demolished.[2] The current Sandon Hall is a Jacobethan country house of nine bays built for Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby in 1852.[3] It was designed by the Scots Baronial architect William Burn — apart from the conservatory, which was added in 1864.[3] Sandon Hall is a Grade II* listed building.[3]
[edit] Parish church
The Church of England parish church of All Saints was built in about 1200 and almost completely rebuilt about 1300.[4] The north aisle was built in the 14th century, but was remodelled in 1851 as a family chapel for the Earls of Harrowby.[4] The church was restored in 1923 under the direction of the architect W. D. Caroe.[4] All Saints' is a Grade I listed building.[4]
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[edit] Economic history
The Trent and Mersey Canal passes through the area and was completed in 1777.
The North Staffordshire Railway opened the Stone to Colwich Line through Sandon in 1849.[5] The London, Midland and Scottish Railway closed Sandon railway station in 1947 but the railway remains open as part of the West Coast Main Line.
[edit] Amenities
Sandon has a public house, the Dog and Doublet Inn,[6] that was designed by the architect Sir Guy Dawber and built in 1906.[7]
Sandon has a village shop.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Sandon Old Hall Moated Site". The National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 8 November 1993. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1011049. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ a b "History". Sandon Estate. Sandon Hall. http://www.sandonhall.co.uk/sandon-estate/history/. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ a b c "Sandon Hall, Sandon Park". The National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 10 January 1953. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1189732. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Church of All Saints". The National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1294163. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ "Sandon Railway Station". The National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1039003. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Dog and Doublet, Sandon
- ^ "Dog and Doublet Inn". The National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 25 April 1980. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1294104. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ "Sandon Village Shop". Sandon Estate. Sandon Hall. http://www.sandonhall.co.uk/sandon-estate/sandon-village-shop/. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
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