Nottingham Castle Outer Bailey Wall and Towers is a Grade I listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1972. A Medieval Castle wall. 1 related planning application.

Nottingham Castle Outer Bailey Wall and Towers

WRENN ID
secret-bailey-blackthorn
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Nottingham
Constituency
Nottingham East MP: Nadia Whittome (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1972
Type
Castle wall
Period
Medieval
Address
Nottingham Castle Outer Bailey Wall and Towers, Castle Road, City of Nottingham, NG1 6EL
OS grid reference
SK 570 394
Coordinates
52.94954, -1.15249
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nottingham Castle Outer Bailey wall and towers were built between 1252 and 1255 for Henry III, with Edward's Tower added around 1300 for Edward I. The structure was slighted in 1651 and restored in 1908. It is made of coursed squared stone and ashlar, featuring flat coping and standing approximately 8 meters high. The wall extends south-east from the castle gatehouse for about 50 meters to Edward's Tower, which is a blank round tower with a plinth. The wall continues south-east in a slight curve to a round corner tower, then turns sharply south-west for another 50 meters along the scarp of Castle Rock. This structure is an important survival of the medieval castle.

Local climate

Nottingham Castle Outer Bailey Wall and Towers sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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