Fragment of Castle to North of Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1986. A C12-C13 Castle.
Fragment of Castle to North of Manor House
- WRENN ID
- distant-chancel-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1986
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Fragment of Castle to North of Manor House, Ascott-Under-Wychwood
- OS grid reference
- SP 302 190
- Coordinates
- 51.86919, -1.56239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a fragment of a castle from the 12th or 13th century, now used as a cow-shed. The structure is made of rubble and is currently covered with a corrugated iron roof. It has a rectangular shape and is breached on the northeast side. The building is relatively low, measuring about 20 feet at its highest point and 11 feet elsewhere. There is evidence of putlog holes, and a small section of a 13th-century chamfered plinth can be seen.
Local climate
Fragment of Castle to North of Manor House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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