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Greys Court, Great Tower, Attached Ruined Tower and Walls Approximately 60 Metres East

A Grade I Listed Building in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5451 / 51°32'42"N

Longitude: -0.9552 / 0°57'18"W

OS Eastings: 472546

OS Northings: 183427

OS Grid: SU725834

Mapcode National: GBR C4P.596

Mapcode Global: VHDWF.DFCD

Plus Code: 9C3XG2WV+2W

Entry Name: Greys Court, Great Tower, Attached Ruined Tower and Walls Approximately 60 Metres East

Listing Date: 24 October 1951

Last Amended: 13 February 1985

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1181246

English Heritage Legacy ID: 247147

ID on this website: 101181246

Location: Greys Green, South Oxfordshire, RG9

County: Oxfordshire

District: South Oxfordshire

Civil Parish: Rotherfield Greys

Traditional County: Oxfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire

Church of England Parish: Rotherfield Greys

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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24/10/51

ROTHERFIELD GREYS
Greys Court, Great Tower, attached ruined tower and walls approx 60 metres east.
(Formerly listed as Greys Court including Batchelors Hall, The Well House, and Towers NE, NW and SW of house)

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I

Two towers with linking curtain wall and wall to north and south. C14. Flint
with stone quoins and patches of brick; top of Great Tower coursed with brick.
Square plan towers with angle buttresses to corners. Great tower has 2-
centre arched doorway to ground and first floor west side. Irregular
fenestration of window openings to towers and walls. Brick flat-arched
fireplace to linking wall. History: Licence to crenellate granted in 1347 to
Sir John de Grey.
(Buildings of England : Oxfordshire, pp.735-7; Greys Court National Trust Guide
book, 1982).

Listing NGR: SU7254683427

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