Britwell House was built in 1727–28 for Sir Edward Simeon. The architect is unknown but Simeon himself designed the oval chapel, added in 1769.[3] In front of the house to the southeast is a freestanding neoclassical column, with a large stone urn as a finial. It was built for Sir Edward Simeon in 1764 as a monument to his parents.[4] In Britwell Park, north of the house, is a limestone obelisk with a pineapple finial. It too was erected for Sir Edward Simeon in the middle of the 18th century.[5] The house, monument and obelisk are all Grade II* listed buildings.[4][5][6]
The Red Lion pub was built late in the 18th or early 19th century.[10] The Tithe Commissioners met here in 1841.[2] It is now a gastropub.[11] For a time it was called The Goose, which won a Michelin Star, and was owned by Paul Castle, but it ceased trading in July 2010.[12] Since April 2012 the pub has traded again under its former name of the Red Lion.[13] Britwell Salome Cricket Club[14] plays traditional, Sunday afternoon matches and occasional midweek fixtures. In 2014, it received much attention in local and national press as the subject of an unusual six-hitting ban. The club formerly competed in the Oxfordshire Cricket Association.[15] Southeast of the village is Britwell Hill, which runs past the Ridgeway. There is a view of the Vale of Oxford looking down from the straight road that links the hill and the village.
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