Hanwell Castle

Heritage listing

Details HANWELL MAIN STREET SP4343 (South side) 24/84 Hanwell Castle GV II* Country house, now 3 dwellings. Former great house of which only the south-west tower and south range remains of a 2-storey house built round a courtyard with main entrance on west. Begun c.1498 for William Cope, cofferer to Henry VII. Mostly demolished in C18. East wing and restorations c.1903. Left part. Complex range incorporating C15, C19 and C20 builds. Squared coursed ironstone. Steeply pitched stone slate roof laid to diminishing courses. Stone and brick ridge stacks. Double depth plan. 2 storeyss. 2-window range. Entrance porch has plank door and 4-centred wood head. Front has C20 windows with wood lintels. Rear has Tudor windows some renewed. Central part: long rectangular south range. Diaper patterned blue and red brick. Limestone dressings. Steeply pitched stone slate roof laid to diminishing courses. Brick ridge and end stacks. 2 storeys. 5-window range. Gabled porch has entrance with 4-centred doorway. Ground floor has C20 windows with wood lintels. First floor has 2- 3- and 4-light C15/C16 windows, some with King mullions and an oriel window. Tower on right. Red brick with diaper patterns in blue brick and ironstone quoins. 3 storeys. 2 corner turrets. Crenellated parapets. South side has 4-light C15/C16 windows that are on ground floor transomed. Interior not inspected but south range is noted as having 2 large kitchen fireplaces placed back to back; plain moulded stone doorways; late marble fireplaces. Tower noted as having contemporary stone fireplaces on upper floors and newel stair in north-west turret. James I visited in 1605, 1612, and 1624 Leland records the castle as a very pleasant and gallant house in c.1540. The earliest example of C15 brickwork in north Oxfordshire. Th

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.