Bolingbroke Castle is a Grade I listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. A Founded 1220-1230 Castle. 1 related planning application.
Bolingbroke Castle
- WRENN ID
- keen-loggia-nettle
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Bolingbroke Castle, Moat Lane, PE23 4HH
- OS grid reference
- TF 349 650
- Coordinates
- 53.16541, 0.01661
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bolingbroke Castle is a former castle that is now a ruin, founded between 1220 and 1230 by Randulph de Blundevill, who was the Earl of Chester and Lincoln. The castle was extended and altered in the 14th century when it became part of the Duchy of Lancaster. It underwent rebuilding in the 15th and 16th centuries, but by 1600, it had fallen into dereliction. During the Civil War in 1642, the castle was intentionally damaged. The structure is made of squared greenstone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a courtyard plan with octagonal and round corner towers. The walls still stand to about 6 feet high. Notably, Bolingbroke Castle is the birthplace of King Henry IV, the son of John of Gaunt. The site was excavated in the 1960s and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Bolingbroke Castle sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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