Summerhouse approximately 200 metres north west of Sandford Park
Sandford Park, Ledwell Road, Sandford St Martin, OX7 7AH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1368187
- Date first listed:
- 18-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Summerhouse approximately 200 metres north west of Sandford Park
- Statutory Address:
- Sandford Park, Ledwell Road, Sandford St Martin, OX7 7AH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1368187
- Date first listed:
- 18-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Summerhouse approximately 200 metres north west of Sandford Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- Sandford Park, Ledwell Road, Sandford St Martin, OX7 7AH
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Sandford Park, Ledwell Road, Sandford St Martin, OX7 7AH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sandford St. Martin
- National Grid Reference:
- SP4180826812
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25/04/2018
SP4126
13/167
SANDFORD ST.MARTIN
LEDWELL ROAD (West side)
Summerhouse approximately 200 metres north west of Sandford Park
(Formerly listed under WORTON ROAD)
GV
II*
Summerhouse. Late C18. Timber with a Stonesfield slate cladding and roof. Back-to back three-quarter circular alcoves in Chinoiserie style. Front of each alcove has a round-headed archway below a shallow pediment, and has fretwork scrolls infilling the spandrels and pediment. The slate-clad sides are serpentine, and the roof is surmounted by a square cupola with Chinese-trellis balustrade, open fretwork frieze of bells and an ogee roof with wooden finial. Interior: each alcove has a wooden vault radiating from a central rosette, and is furnished with white Chinoiserie curved benches with trellis backs and foot rests.
Summerhouse stands between two lakes in the gardens of Sandford Park.
Listing NGR: SP4180826812
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 251983
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1983), 173
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 751
Country Life in Country Life, (1940)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 34 Oxfordshire
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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