Mitford Castle. Remains of West Curtain Wall Buildings is a Grade I listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1969. A Medieval Castle remains.

Mitford Castle. Remains of West Curtain Wall Buildings

WRENN ID
tangled-courtyard-fern
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 October 1969
Type
Castle remains
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
NZ 169 854
Coordinates
55.16294, -1.73485
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mitford Castle features the remains of the west curtain wall buildings, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries. The structures are made of squared stone and consist of three lengths of wall, each displaying different construction techniques and types of masonry. The northern section includes a postern that leads into the motte ditch, which has a shouldered lintel beneath a pointed relieving arch. In the southern section, the partially exposed footings of an adjacent range of buildings can be seen on the east side.

Local climate

Mitford Castle. Remains of West Curtain Wall Buildings 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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