Wyfold Court
Wyfold Court, Kingwood, Henley on Thames, RG9 5WF
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1180805
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Wyfold Court
- Statutory Address:
- Wyfold Court, Kingwood, Henley on Thames, RG9 5WF
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1180805
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Wyfold Court
- Statutory Address 1:
- Wyfold Court, Kingwood, Henley on Thames, RG9 5WF
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Wyfold Court, Kingwood, Henley on Thames, RG9 5WF
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rotherfield Peppard
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 68311 82402
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 February 2024 to update the name and address, amend description due to change of building use and reformat the text to current standards.
SU68SE
5/30
CHECKENDON
Kingwood
Wyfold Court
(Formerly listed as Borocourt Hospital, CHECKENDON)
II*
Country House (Wyfold Court) 1874-84 by George Somers Clarke the Elder for Edward Hermon. Used as a hospital (1932-1993) and converted to apartments by 2000. Some C20 alterations. Red brick with grey brick diaper pattern; plain tile roof; brick stacks. Complex plan, French Gothic style.
Two storeys and attic with four storey and attic wing to right; higher towers. Fourteen window range. Stone porte cochere to left with two-centre arches to three sides. Studded door with Gothic moulded stone surround. Irregular fenestration, mostly of stone mullion and transom windows with elaborate carved hoods. Complex gabled roof with cross-gables, towers and turrets. Ornamental ridge tiles and ornamental metal ridges to towers and turrets. Decorative carved brick stacks. Elaborate carved stone details. Other elevations of same quality and complexity.
Interior: vaulted stone main corridor to ground floor with original light fittings. Open well staircase with elaborate carved balustrade, armorial glass to windows and fixed paintings. Many of the interiors survive with some C20 alterations.
Bought in 1932 and became Borocourt Hospital.
Listing NGR: SU6831182402
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 247050
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Howell, P, Wyfold Court The Country Seat, (1970), 244-51
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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