It was a prominent attraction between the 1850s and the Second World War
“With GPR equipment there is always a compromise between sensitivity and depth of ground penetration.
"If the walls of the Sand House were not demolished before being submerged in fill material then there's a good chance of detecting the tops of them. "If they were partially or wholly demolished then we are unlikely to find anything. And the random nature of the fill material below the car park could be a hindrance. We shall see!”businessman Henry Senior. As well as carving the house itself, which stood in a former quarry, Senior excavated into the adjacent ground and created a network of tunnels, decorated with fine and unusual carvings.
Although the Sand House is no longer physically present, its tunnels, especially, are remembered by a great many people. They survived for decades after the house was lost and they became an unofficial playground for local youngsters from the 1940s until the 1960s.
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