Mitford Castle. Remains of East Curtain Wall is a Grade I listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1969. A C12-C13 Castle, curtain wall.

Mitford Castle. Remains of East Curtain Wall

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 October 1969
Type
Castle, curtain wall
OS grid reference
NZ 170 854
Coordinates
55.16289, -1.7339
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mitford Castle features the remains of its east curtain wall, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries. The wall is constructed of squared stone. The north-east section includes a gateway leading to the barmkin, though it is fragmentary. The south-east section is better preserved and contains mural chambers, a garderobe, and a round arch of uncertain function.

Local climate

Mitford Castle. Remains of East Curtain Wall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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