Tower and Wall Approximately 20 Metres North East of Rycote House is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. A Tudor Tower and wall.
Tower and Wall Approximately 20 Metres North East of Rycote House
- WRENN ID
- seventh-loft-burdock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Tower and wall
- Period
- Tudor
- OS grid reference
- SP 666 047
- Coordinates
- 51.7374, -1.03552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tower and wall, located approximately 20 meters northeast of Rycote House, date back to the early 16th century. The structure features diaper brickwork with stone dressings. The two-storey octagonal tower includes stone quoins, moulded strings, and copings, as well as small four-centre arched windows with labels and a richly-moulded four-centred arched doorway. To the right, there is an attached wall that contains the re-set remains of a stone doorcase from around 1700, which features an eared architrave and a carved surround with lion-mask consoles and festoons. The wall also has an octagonal angle buttress that breaks forward. This structure is likely a remnant of the main block of the mansion, which was probably rebuilt after 1521 by Sir John Heron, Treasurer to Henry VIII, and/or after 1539 by Sir John William, later Baron Williams of Thame. The house is depicted in views from around 1695 by Winstanley and from 1714 by Kip, but it was burned down in 1745.
Local climate
Tower and Wall Approximately 20 Metres North East of Rycote House 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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