Sanderstead Court

[1] In 1675, the house was a three-story, red brick mansion comprising a central core with two large wings at either end which were adorned with decorated chimneys.

John Preston Neale described the Sanderstead Court's grounds in 1818 by saying, "The site of the Court House is on an eminence, having in front a spacious lawn, skirted by a shrubbery of rich and varied foliage, separated from the adjoining pleasure grounds by a light range of iron palisades.

The Park was enlarged by the addition of an Estate, called Place House; and the whole now forms quite a sequestered residence; the grounds, which are extensive, admit the most beautiful prospects: on one side are seen the counties of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire; and on the other, a fine open country for many miles, over all Bansted Downs" (Neale 1818).

Behind the house, was a stable building, this was used by Selsdon Park Golf Club as a clubhouse.

John’s grand son, Nicholas Wood-Atwood, who died in 1586, is identified as “of Sandersted Corte who served quene Elizabeth sens the second yearr of her rayne” on his brass in the church (Stephanson 1919).

Nicholas Wood lost a portion of Sanderstead Court to Sir John Gresham, Lord Mayor of London.