Braywick House

Braywick House was built in 1675 for Sir William Paule (also spelled Paul and Paull) (–1685), Paule was the son of Dr. William Paul, Bishop of Oxford (1599–1665). He died childless, so when his widow Mary (later Lady Penyston, second wife of Sir Fairmeadow Penyston, the last of the Penyston baronets, of Leigh), died in 1714, the house reverted to the family of William's brother James, which at that point consisted only of James' granddaughter Catherine (d. 1753). In 1724 she married Sir William Stapleton, 4th Stapleton Baronet (1698–1740). While they maintained ownership of Braywick, the Stapleton family's primary residence was at Greys Court, nearby in Oxfordshire, which Catherine had also…

A red brick house, originally a Stuart-period design, was remodelled and expanded in the mid-to-late 18th century to a more Georgian style. The front is plain with two wings that project slightly. Inside, the main staircase is the original from the 17th century. There is good mid-18th-century Rococo plasterwork that Pevsner compares to houses by Sir Robert Taylor. The 19th-century coach house is now part of the office conversion.