Sarsden

Sarsden is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It lies about south of Chipping Norton. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 64. Since 1976 the parish has shared a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Churchill.

Notable buildings

Sarsden House is a country house, rebuilt in 1689 after it was damaged by fire. In 1795 Humphry Repton landscaped the park, adding a serpentine lake and a Doric temple. In about 1825 Repton's son, the architect G.S. Repton, remodelled the house for James Langston. The house is a Grade II* listed building. The Church of England parish church 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.

Governance

There are three tiers of local government covering Sarsden, at parish, district and county level: Churchill and Sarsden Parish Council, West Oxfordshire District Council, and Oxfordshire County Council. The parish council is a grouped parish council, set up in 1976 to cover both Sarsden and the neighbouring parish of Churchill.