 Finished by 1861, Sandroyd was only Webb’s second house, the first having been built for William Morris.The house was designed to accommodate Stanhope’s work as a painter, with two second-floor studios connected by double doors, a waiting room, and a dressing room for models.The fireplace featured figurative tiles designed by Burne-Jones based on Chaucer’s dream-vision poem "The Legend of Good Women".