Sandiway is a village in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
Cuddington,
Cheshire, England. It lies to the southeast of and is contiguous with the village of Cuddington.
Sandiway was the birthplace of
John Douglas who designed buildings in the centre of
Chester, buildings for the
Dukes of Westminster and a number of churches in Cheshire.
St John's Church, Sandiway, and its
lychgate
A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, lyke-gate or as two separate words lych gate, (from Old English ''lic'', corpse), also ''wych gate'', is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style ch ...
were designed by Douglas and both are Grade II
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
s.
Sandiway Golf Club has been used in final qualifying for The Open golf championship and is a venue for regional amateur finals.
The village has one local school, Sandiway Primary School located on Weaverham Road with an adjacent village car park.
Sandiway is the home of Blakemere Village, which has shops set in and around an Edwardian stable block with cobbled courtyard. The centre has an indoor and outdoor children's play area as well as a restaurant, falconry and craft workshop.
Sandiway has cross-roads where the A49 crosses the A556 at the Shell service station.
See also
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Listed buildings in Cuddington, Cheshire
Cuddington is a civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, England. It contains 15 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are listed at Grade II. This grade ...
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Oakmere Hall
Oakmere Hall is a large house to the southwest of the villages of Cuddington and Sandiway, Cheshire, England, near the junction of the A49 and A556 roads. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II ...
References
External links
Official website of the village of Cuddington and Sandiway
Cheshire West and Chester
Villages in Cheshire
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