Time Team - Season 8 Episode 6 A Palace Sold for Scrap - Rycote, Thame, Oxfordshire
The owners of Rycote House live in a lovely converted stable block, but they believe that the extremely grand house that once stood on the property and which hosted Tudor royalty burned down in 1745, and they want Time Team to investigate. In the trenches, no evidence of burning is found, but it seems that grand houses were built and rebuilt on the site from the 14th century through the Georgian era. Finds include a drainage tunnel dating from Capability Brown's landscaping work on the property. Historian Robin Bush returns from the Bodelian Library with an extraordinary catalogue from 1807, which details the sale of the grand house room by room. In nearby Thane, a townhouse contains a fireplace and doorways that possibly come from the sale. Food Historian Ivan Day cooks and serves sweetmeats and hippocras. Palace expert Simon Thurley joins the Team.
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary, Mystery
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: More4, Channel 4, YouTube
Director: Tim Taylor
Cast: Gus Casely-Hayford, Natalie Haynes, Carenza Lewis, John Gater, Stewart Ainsworth, Helen Geake
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First Air Date: Jan 16, 1994
Last Air date: Apr 07, 2024
Season: 21 Season
Episode: 239 Episode
Runtime: 50 minutes
IMDb: 7.10/10 by 14.00 users
Popularity: 18.967
Language: English
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The Celtic Spring - Llygadwy, Powys
A Waltham Villa - Waltham Field, Whittington, Gloucestershire
The Lost Viaduct - Blaenavon, Torfaen
A Palace Sold for Scrap - Rycote, Thame, Oxfordshire
An Iron-Age Roundhouse - Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire
The Bone Caves - Alveston, Gloucestershire
The Inter-City Villa - Basildon, Berkshire
Holy Island - Lindisfarne, Northumberland
The Leaning Tower of Bridgnorth - Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Three Tales of Canterbury - Canterbury, Kent
The Leper Hospital - Winchester, Hampshire