Wyfold Court is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1985. Country house. 4 related planning applications.
Wyfold Court
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-cloister-sorrel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1985
- Type
- Country house
- Address
- Wyfold Court, Kingwood, Henley on Thames, Rotherfield Peppard, RG9 5WF
- OS grid reference
- SU 683 824
- Coordinates
- 51.5364, -1.01648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wyfold Court is a country house built between 1874 and 1884 by George Somers Clarke the Elder for Edward Hermon. It was later used as a hospital from 1932 to 1993 and converted into apartments by 2000, with some 20th-century alterations. The house is constructed of red brick with a grey brick diaper pattern, topped with a plain tile roof and decorative brick stacks. It is built in a complex French Gothic style.
The house is two storeys and an attic, with a four-storey and attic wing to the right and prominent towers. The main elevation has fourteen windows and includes a stone porte cochere to the left, featuring two-centre arches on three sides, with a studded door set within an elaborate Gothic moulded stone surround. The fenestration is irregular, predominantly featuring stone mullion and transom windows with intricate carved hoods. The roof is complex, with cross-gables, towers, and turrets, adorned with ornamental ridge tiles and metal ridges to the towers and turrets. Decorative carved brick stacks and elaborate carved stone details are present throughout. The quality and complexity of the design extends to the other elevations as well.
Inside, a vaulted stone main corridor runs along the ground floor, retaining original light fittings. An open well staircase features an elaborate carved balustrade, armorial glass in the windows, and fixed paintings. Many of the original interior features remain, although some alterations have been made in the 20th century.
The house was purchased in 1932 and subsequently operated as Borocourt Hospital.
Local climate
Wyfold Court 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 23 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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