Sandon, Staffordshire

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Sandon
All Saints Church, Sandon - geograph.org.uk - 272263.jpg
All Saints' Parish Church
Sandon is located in Staffordshire
Sandon
Sandon
Location within Staffordshire
Population361 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ9429
Civil parish
  • Sandon and Burston
District
  • Stafford
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStafford
Postcode districtST18
Dialling code01889
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
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Staffordshire
52°51′47″N 2°04′44″W / 52.863°N 2.079°W / 52.863; -2.079Coordinates: 52°51′47″N 2°04′44″W / 52.863°N 2.079°W / 52.863; -2.079

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.

Sandon Park[]

There is a rectangular moated site in Sandon Park, about 186 yards (170 m) northeast of the parish church.[2] The site measures about 110 yards (100 m) by 87 yards (80 m) and the moat varies from 11 yards (10 m) to 16 yards (15 m) wide.[2] 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.[2] The moat site is a scheduled monument.[2]

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.[3] 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.[3] The current Sandon Hall is a Jacobethan country house of nine bays built for Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby in 1852.[4] It was designed by the Scots Baronial architect William Burn — apart from the conservatory, which was added in 1864.[4] Sandon Hall is a Grade II* listed building.[4]

Parish church[]

The Church of England parish church of All Saints was built in about 1200 and almost completely rebuilt about 1300.[5] The north aisle was built in the 14th century, but was remodelled in 1851 as a family chapel for the Earls of Harrowby.[5] The church was restored in 1923 under the direction of the architect W. D. Caroe.[5] All Saints' is a Grade I listed building.[5]

Bridge 83 and Sandon Lock on the Trent and Mersey Canal

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.[6] 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.

Amenities[]

Sandon has a public house, the Dog and Doublet Inn,[7] that was designed by the architect Sir Guy Dawber and built in 1906.[8]

Sandon has a village shop.[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Historic England (8 November 1993). "Sandon Old Hall Moated Site (1011049)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b "History". Sandon Estate. Sandon Hall. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Historic England (10 January 1953). "Sandon Hall, Sandon Park (1189732)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1294163)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Sandon Railway Station (1039003)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. ^ Dog and Doublet, Sandon
  8. ^ Historic England (25 April 1980). "Dog and Doublet Inn (1294104)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Sandon Village Shop". Sandon Estate. Sandon Hall. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
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