Sandys House

Sandys House is a public house that has been converted into a house. It dates from the early to mid-18th century, with some late 18th to early 19th-century features. The building is constructed of rendered brick with ashlar dressings and coursed limestone rubble, topped with concrete plain-tile roofs and stone-and-brick gable stacks. It has a two-unit plan with a linked parallel range at the rear and stands two storeys plus an attic high.

The front of the house is symmetrical and features three windows in a Baroque style. It has ashlar rusticated quoins, storeybands, and a deep moulded cornice. A central keyed oculus is located above a pedimented 20th-century porch, which incorporates the original 18th-century stone-architraved doorway. The outer bays have 12-pane sash windows set in plain stone architraves with double-stepped keyblocks. The steep-pitched roof has gable parapets, while the sides and rear of the building are made of rubble. A later range projects significantly to the right.

Inside, the first floor retains a formal arrangement, with an arched entry to the attic stairs flanked by fielded-panelled doors and a butt-purlin roof. The rendering on the exterior is a late 20th-century addition. Sandys House was formerly known as the Sandys Arms public house, and the Sandys family owned the Manor of Chadlington West from 1785 to 1835.