Greys Court, Great Tower, Attached Ruined Tower and Walls Approximately 60 Metres East is a Grade I listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. A Medieval Tower, wall.
Greys Court, Great Tower, Attached Ruined Tower and Walls Approximately 60 Metres East
- WRENN ID
- crooked-marble-mist
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1951
- Type
- Tower, wall
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SU 725 834
- Coordinates
- 51.54509, -0.95522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Greys Court features a Great Tower, an attached ruined tower, and surrounding walls located approximately 60 metres to the east. These structures date back to the 14th century and are constructed of flint with stone quoins and patches of brick, with the top of the Great Tower finished in coursed brick. The towers have a square plan and are supported by angle buttresses at the corners. The Great Tower includes a two-centre arched doorway on the west side, accessible from both the ground and first floors. The towers and walls exhibit irregular window openings. Additionally, there is a brick flat-arched fireplace in the linking wall. Historically, a licence to crenellate was granted in 1347 to Sir John de Grey.
Local climate
Greys Court, Great Tower, Attached Ruined Tower and Walls Approximately 60 Metres East sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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