Sarsden is a village and civil parish about south of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The 2001 Census recorded the parish population as 83. Since 2012 Sarsden has been part of the

Churchill and Sarsden Churchill and Sarsden are civil parishes in West Oxfordshire with a common parish council, about southwest of Chipping Norton. The joint body was formed in 2012 by merging the formerly separate parish councils of Churchill and Sarsden Sarsden ...

joint parish council area, sharing a parish council with the adjacent civil parish of

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Notable buildings

Sarsden House is a

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, rebuilt in 1689 after it was damaged by fire. In 1795 Humphry Repton landscaped the park, adding a serpentine lake and a

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temple. In about 1825 Repton's son, the architect G.S. Repton, remodelled the house for

James Langston James Haughton Langston (25 May 1796 – 19 October 1863) was a British landowner and Member of Parliament. Life He was the son of John Langston of Sarsden House, Oxfordshire, and his wife, Sarah. He was educated at Eton College (1811). He mat ...

. The house is a Grade II* listed building. The

Church of England parish church A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ca ...

of Saint James was rebuilt in 1760. GS Repton added a cruciform extension to the east in 1823. In 1896 the architect Walter Mills of Banbury remodelled the north transept and added the bellcote. Sarsgrove House, or the Dower House, is northeast of Sarsden. G.S. Repton remodelled it as a large cottage orné in 1825.

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External links

The Parish Council of Churchill and Sarsden
Civil parishes in Oxfordshire Villages in Oxfordshire West Oxfordshire District {{Oxfordshire-geo-stub