Portcullis Lodge and Retaining Walls to Forecourt of Eastnor Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1986. Lodge. 2 related planning applications.
Portcullis Lodge and Retaining Walls to Forecourt of Eastnor Castle
- WRENN ID
- plain-corbel-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1986
- Type
- Lodge
- OS grid reference
- SO 734 369
- Coordinates
- 52.03023, -2.38836
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Portcullis Lodge and the retaining walls to the forecourt of Eastnor Castle were built between 1815 and 1816 by architect Robert Smirke. The lodge is constructed of coursed squared rubble with freestone dressings and features a roof that is hidden behind an embattled parapet. It is a single-storey building set on a battered basement. The central entrance has a pointed archway, flanked by two-stage round corner towers that sit on battered plinths. The tower facing the entrance has narrow slit windows that look inward and round-headed windows in deep freestone embrasures that face outward. A chamfered string course runs along the building, and there is a panel of arms in the center. Inside the archway, there are two plank doors with pointed freestone surrounds. On either side of the lodge, tall retaining walls extend towards the castle and enclose the forecourt. These walls are made of coursed rubble with freestone coping and an embattled parapet, standing approximately six to eight meters high on the outside and buttressed at the north corner.
Local climate
Portcullis Lodge and Retaining Walls to Forecourt of Eastnor Castle receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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