The Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1976. Gatehouse.
The Castle
- WRENN ID
- hollow-tallow-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North East MP: Fabian Hamilton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1976
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- The Castle, Roundhay Park
- OS grid reference
- SE 334 384
- Coordinates
- 53.84125, -1.49246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Castle is a sham ruined castle gatehouse located in Roundhay Park, Leeds. It was built in the early 19th century and restored in the 20th century for Thomas Nicholson. The structure is made of random rubble with stone dressings. It features a high pointed archway with a dripmould, flanked by high circular turrets that contain stone newel stairs. The design includes a quatrefoil traceried 'window', mock arrow slits, and vertical light slits for the stairs, with doorways at the base of the turrets. The tops of the walls and the crenellation have been consolidated and rebuilt since 1976. Although the interior has not been inspected, the castle serves as a viewpoint in the extensive grounds that were laid out between 1803 and 1821 by Nicholson after he purchased the park from the 17th Baron Stourton. It overlooks the Waterloo Lake and faces the former Braim Farm, which has been rebuilt in a mock medieval style and is now known as Cobble Hall on Elmet Lane.
Local climate
The Castle receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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