Sandywell Park

Sandywell Park is a country house, built around 1704 for Henry Brett, with wings added around 1720, likely by Francis Smith of Warwick. Further 19th-century extensions were added to the rear. The house is constructed of ashlar, with a stone slate roof and stone stacks.

The original core of the house, dating from 1704, forms the centre of the present plan, with the earlier wings projecting to either side. 19th-century extensions are located to the rear, right and left. The facade is symmetrical, with a 2:5:2 window arrangement. The central core is two storeys high, with a cellar and attic, and contains 9-pane sashes with triangular and segmental-headed pediments. Three original sashes illuminate the attic at the rear. The ground and first floors have 12-pane sashes within moulded architraves featuring small keystones. A band runs between the ground and first floor windows. The central entrance features 20th-century part-glazed doors flanked by fluted Corinthian columns and a segmental pediment. A deep moulded eaves cornice tops the facade.

The projecting wings, to the right and left, are three-storey structures with a panelled plinth. They have 12-pane sashes to the ground and first floors, with large triple keystones and aprons, and matching 9-pane sashes to the second floor. Giant Doric pilasters mark the corners of each wing. A stone balustrade with large urn finials adorns the wings, punctuated by a cast iron balustrade with square decorative wrought iron panels between them. The south front has a five-window arrangement with sash windows and keystones that mirror the detailing of the wings on the west front. The cellar is lit by segmental-headed windows with keystones. A central double six-panelled door is set within a rusticated architrave.

A two-storey 19th-century wing is located to the right, with a 1:2:1 window arrangement and 12-pane sashes. A similar two-storey wing forms the opposite side of a small yard at the rear and is predominantly lit by sash windows.

The interior includes a fireback, likely from an earlier house on the site, dated 1630 and reused in a fireplace in the 19th-century wing on the rear left. There is an early 18th-century open string staircase at the rear of the original core, featuring barley-twist balusters, a wreathed handrail, and decorative brackets on the risers. Original panelling, niches, architraves, and pediments over doorways are also present. At the time of a previous listing, there was a central 19th-century cupola and Adam-style fireplaces, sourced from a house in Dover Street, London; these have since been removed.