Riber Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1950. Mansion. 3 related planning applications.
Riber Castle
- WRENN ID
- third-lime-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1950
- Type
- Mansion
- Address
- Riber Castle, Matlock Town, DE4 5JU
- OS grid reference
- SK 306 590
- Coordinates
- 53.12775, -1.54294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Riber Castle is a large castellated mansion built in 1868 by John Smedley. The design features square three-storey towers at each corner, and the site is enclosed by battlemented curtain walls with out-towers. Although it is a late example of architectural pastiche and can be seen as a grand folly, it is a well-known landmark that stands out from a distance. Currently, the castle is unoccupied and in a state of ruin.
Local climate
Riber Castle receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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