Rycotewood Furniture Centre

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In short

Rycotewood Furniture Centre is the furniture design and making centre of City of Oxford College, part of the Activate Learning group, with workshops on Oxpens Road in Oxford city centre. It grew from Rycote School, founded in 1938 by the artist Cecil Michaelis in Thame to give young people craft training, and moved to Oxford in 2004. It offers a Foundation Degree and a BA (Hons) top-up in Furniture: Design and Make in partnership with Oxford Brookes University, Level 2 and Level 3 diplomas in furniture making, a Level 2 and 3 furniture making apprenticeship and woodwork short courses for adults.

Where

Oxford, United Kingdom

Founded

1938

Crafts

Furniture and design

Website

rycotewoodfurniture.co.uk

Email

rycotewood@activatelearning.ac.uk

Source

School website · checked on 25/10/2026

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