Castle Armoury is a Grade II listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. Armoury. 1 related planning application.
Castle Armoury
- WRENN ID
- muffled-sandstone-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bury
- Constituency
- Bury North MP: Mr James Frith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- Armoury
- Address
- Castle Armoury, Castle Street, BL9 0LB
- OS grid reference
- SD 803 108
- Coordinates
- 53.59418, -2.29854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castle Armoury was built in 1868 to accommodate the 8th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, on the site of Bury Castle, reusing some of the original building materials. In 1907, it was extended to include a drill hall, designed in a loosely medieval style. The structure is primarily made of snecked rock-faced rubble and consists of two storeys. It features a long frontage with approximately 30 round-headed windows arranged in pairs and threes. Above the battlemented parapet, there are two towers; the left-hand tower is flanked by a taller rectangular turret, while the right-hand tower has a round-headed entry with a portcullis feature that displays the battalion insignia and supporters. Additional small turrets are located at the corners and other points of the building. Other architectural details include arrow slits, a first-floor sill-band, and a corbel table. The later and much larger building attached to the rear is not included in the listing.
Local climate
Castle Armoury sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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