Besford Court is a Grade II* listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1965. Manor house. 10 related planning applications.
Besford Court
- WRENN ID
- white-stair-fern
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1965
- Type
- Manor house
- Address
- Besford Court, WR8 9LZ
- OS grid reference
- SO 914 452
- Coordinates
- 52.10548, -2.12612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Besford Court is an early 16th-century timber-frame and plaster building with stone foundations. It is a regular two-storey block featuring a central, moulded wooden arched gateway containing an original studded door. Above the entrance is a projecting gabled bay supported by soffit timbers and curved brackets. This bay has a moulded wooden mullioned and transomed eight-light window above a plaster cove, and the gable-head is decorated with enriched barge boards. The main block has four moulded wooden windows; the upper ones are mullioned with three transoms and pediments, all dating from the 17th century. The upper storey of the sides projects outwards. Substantial stone wings were added in 1912, designed in a good "Tudor" style. Besford Court, together with all other listed buildings in the vicinity, form a group.
Local climate
Besford Court receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 44 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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