Historic houses · South East England
The Salutation, Sandwich
In or near Barnsole.
The Salutation, Sandwich — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
Michael Garlick — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Sandwich · 0.5 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit The Salutation in Sandwich, you can take a train to Sandwich railway station, which is 0.5 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is CT13 9EN. Please note that wheelchair accessibility is limited.
About
The Salutation, Sandwich is a Grade I-listed building in england-south-east, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
- Ramsar wetland: Thanet Coast & Sandwich Bay
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Salutation is a grade I listed house in Sandwich, Kent, England. It was designed and built by Edwin Lutyens in a Queen Anne style in 1911–12, as a weekend home and country retreat for members of the Farrer family. It was one of the first 20th-century buildings to be given a grade I listing, in 1950. Other structures in the grounds received a grade II listing in 1986. It has been described by Nigel Jones as "the perfect house that many in Britain aspire to own", and by Arthur Stanley George Butler as "Sir Edwin's supreme rendering of the full Georgian idiom … This very perfect work establishes itself as a high peak in Sir Edwin's achievement". Following restoration, it operated as a hotel and restaurant from 2017. It went into liquidation in 2020.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Henry Farrer, son of solicitor Sir William Farrer, commissioned Sir Edwin Lutyens to design and build the house in 1911–12. It was occupied by Henry and his two brothers (all bachelors) William (also solicitor, like Henry and their father) and Gaspard Farrer (a partner at Barings Bank). Lutyens also build a town house for the brothers at 7 St James's Square, and renovated the premises of the law firm Farrer & Co in Lincoln's Inn Fields. After the death of Henry Farrer, the house was inherited by his brother Gaspard. Following Gaspard's death in 1948, it was bought by sculptor Leonard Harold Robert Byng. It was sold in 1977 and run as a plant nursery. Items on the house were published in…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.2744, 1.3444
- County
- Kent
- District
- Dover
- Parish
- Sandwich
- Postcode
- CT13 9EN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Nearest railway station
- Sandwich — 0.5 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q16934432 (CC0)
- wikipedia: The Salutation, Sandwich (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Salutation, Sandwich?
- The Salutation, Sandwich is in Kent, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CT13 9EN), in the parish of Sandwich.
- What is The Salutation, Sandwich?
- The Salutation, Sandwich — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to The Salutation, Sandwich?
- The nearest railway station is Sandwich, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode CT13 9EN.
- Is The Salutation, Sandwich a listed building?
- The Salutation, Sandwich is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- Is The Salutation, Sandwich a protected site?
- Yes — The Salutation, Sandwich is part of the Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Kent Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to The Salutation, Sandwich?
- The nearest railway station is Sandwich, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CT13 9EN.