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Name:SANDYE PLACE, Park Road
HER No.:440
Type of Record:Listed Building

Summary

Early 18th century house, two storeys, of red brick. On the site of several earlier buildings.

Grid Reference:TL 172 489
Parish:SANDY, MID BEDFORDSHIRE, BEDFORDSHIRE
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Full Description

Early C18 house in the style of Henry Flitcroft. Now forms part of a school. In a parapet over the door is a tablet engraved with the record of earlier houses on the site. It is a square house of 2 storeys, built of red brick. A basement also shows on the south-east and north-west sides, though the terrace is built up to a higher level on the south-west. Stone dressings. Parapet, interrupted with balustrading. Hipped tile roof. Five windows (disposed 1:3:1) with a projecting and pedimented bay for the central 3 windows to garden front. A modern 5-sided bay projects further from the ground floor. Coat of arms enclosed in pediment. On the south-east side a wide stone perron leads up to the front door. North, 3 storey, ironstone wing added C19.

The house is on an earthwork mound, which is undated.

Protected Status:

  • Listed Building (II)
  • Listed Building (II) 5124: Sandye Place

Monument Types

  • STABLE (17th Century to Unknown - 1673 AD)
  • BUILDING (BDG DETAIL:FANLIGHT(DECORATED) 18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • MANOR HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD? to 1750 AD?)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Sources and Further Reading

---SBD10506 - Photograph: HER photograph Archive. F870/6A
---SBD10507 - Photograph: BCC Photographic Unit. F158/4, 5; F165/36A
---SBD10533 - Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1968. Buildings of England, Bedfordshire and the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough. no page ref
---SBD10543 - Bibliographic reference: Bedfordshire Magazine. Vol 6 pp 82, 179
---SBD10706 - Bibliographic reference: Wadmore. 1920. Earthworks of Bedfordshire. pp 263-265
---SBD10783 - Unpublished document: 1937. Bedfordshire Regional Planning Authority Report. p 188
---SBD11057 - Unpublished document: OS: TL 14. TL 14 NE 2
---SBD11088 - Index: 1979. DoE 32nd list of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, Mid Beds. 5124