Sandridge, Wiltshire
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Sandridge is a dispersed rural community to the east of Melksham, Wiltshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Melksham Without.
An Ordnance Survey map of 1961 names a settlement at Sandridge Hill, Script error: No such module "convert". east of Melksham, and a hamlet of Sandridge, Script error: No such module "convert". to the north;[1] as of 2015 these names are no longer in gazetteers and Sandridge refers to a wider area along the A3102, with Sandridge Common identified on road signs near Melksham.
A National School was built in 1873 at Sandridge Common, on land given by Ralph Ludlow Lopes[2] and educated children of all ages until 1953;[3] around that time it became known as Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School. In 2015, to cater for the eastward expansion of Melksham, the school moved to a new building on the outskirts of the town.[4]
Sandridge Park
Sandridge Park (not to be confused with Sandridge Park, Devon) is an ashlar-faced country house which stands in parkland north of the A3102, about Script error: No such module "convert". east of Melksham.[5] The two-storey house was built between 1856 and 1859 for Henry Lopes.[6] After being used for a time as a hotel, it was sold in 2018 as an eight-bedroom house for £2.8m.[7]
The former coach house and stables of the same date, now converted into a house, is Grade II listed.[8] Further uphill on the other side of the road is Sandridge Tower, a former folly belonging to Sandridge Park, also now a house. Built in ashlar in the late 19th century, its four storeys are topped by a battlemented parapet.[9]
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