Castle Wall Behind No.3 is a Grade I listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. A Medieval Castle.

Castle Wall Behind No.3

WRENN ID
white-ember-heath
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1952
Type
Castle
Period
Medieval
Address
Castle Wall Behind No.3, North Bailey, City of Durham
OS grid reference
NZ 274 423
Coordinates
54.77524, -1.57413
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The castle wall behind No. 3 is a Grade I listed structure dating from the 12th century. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone and features a large buttress that stands approximately 7 meters high. The wall includes the base of an angle tower, which has square corners, projects about 2.5 meters, and measures 3 meters across its east face.

Local climate

Castle Wall Behind No.3 receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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