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Sansaw

Introduction

Sansaw features a hall surrounded by a park and gardens.

Sansaw Hall featured a park and grounds around the house as early as 1786, but they were almost certainly designed when the house was built in 1773. Thomas Brocas was the gardener at Sansaw during this period, and his diary records that he was frequently in trouble with his masters. In February 1786 he had failed to fill the icehouse for a party that night, and in May the mistress of the house 'came through the garden and finding most of the green house plants dead by the frost spoke to me very sharply.'

The grounds were well established by 1851, when Sansaw's lawns and shrubberies were commended. The shrubberies lay principally in a belt north of the house, with the lawns flanking it to east and west. These plantings providing a setting for the main drive in from the south-east. Serpentine fishponds bounded the park to the west, and there was also an ice-house built before 1786. Later, between 1880 and 1902, a new approach with a lodge was constructed to the north of the Hall. In 1913, Sansaw was visited by The Gardener's Magazine, and commented on the Irish yews, beeches, a giant Sequoia, and a blue spruce as noteworthy specimen trees.

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Telephone

01939 211100

Owners

Sansaw Estate

The Estate Office, Sansaw Business Park, Hadnall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 4AS
History

Period

18th Century (1701 to 1800)

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Features & Designations

Features

  • Icehouse
  • Description: There was an icehouse in the park in the late-18th century.
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  • Greenhouse
  • Description: There was a greenhouse with many plants at Sansaw in the late-18th century.
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  • Shrubbery
  • Description: There were shrubberies in a belt to the north of the house in 1851.
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  • Lawn
  • Description: There were lawns flanking the shrubberies to the east and west in 1851.
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  • Drive
  • Description: The main approach to the house in the early-19th century was a drive running to the hall from the south-east.
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  • Approach
  • Description: A new approach with a lodge was constructed to the north of the house between 1880 and 1902.
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  • Gate Lodge
  • Description: An entrance lodge was constructed between 1880 and 1902, to accompany the new approach to the house.
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  • Fishpond
  • Description: Serpentine fishponds bounded the park to the west.
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Key Information

Type

Park

Principal Building

Domestic / Residential

Period

18th Century (1701 to 1800)

Survival

Extant

Open to the public

Yes

Civil Parish

Clive

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