Braziers Park House is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. A C17 Country house. 9 related planning applications.

Braziers Park House

WRENN ID
north-niche-winter
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1951
Type
Country house
Address
Braziers Park House, Ipsden, OX10 6AN
OS grid reference
SU 635 843
Coordinates
51.55451, -1.0848
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Braziers Park House is a country house built in the late 17th century, later refronted around 1799 by Daniel Harris for Isaac George Manlen. Further additions were made around 1906 by Walter E. Mills for Valentine Fleming. The house is rendered, likely on brick, and features a complex slate roof with lead ridges and rendered stacks. It is designed in a Gothick style and has two storeys plus an attic, with a five-window range.

The central entrance has a ribbed door topped with a four-centred arch. To the left and right are two-light Y-tracery French doors. The ground floor includes a Gothick arcaded verandah with a central porch featuring a two-centred arch, a moulded stone surround, and a false portcullis above. There are cusped arches on either side of the centre with triangular tops, and the verandah has a battlemented parapet. The first floor has five two-light Y-tracery windows with hood moulds. The central bay rises to form a tower, which has a rose window on the second floor and a battlemented parapet with a central tower topped by crocketted pinnacles.

On the left return, the house has two storeys and an attic with a ten-window range. The original late 17th-century house at the centre has been refronted in the Gothick style. The left side features a bow front with three windows, with the leftmost window dating from around 1906.

Inside, there is a Gothick hall and sitting room, while the dining room features French gothic panelling installed around 1906. An open well staircase, likely from the same period, is also present. A datestone from 1688 has been reset in the basement. Isaac George Manley was a Captain in the Royal Navy and became Admiral of the Red in 1837. Valentine Fleming was the son of Robert Fleming of Joyce Grove, Nettlebed, and the father of Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond novels, and Peter Fleming, an explorer and author.

Local climate

Braziers Park House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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