Remains of Huntington Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1967. Castle.
Remains of Huntington Castle
- WRENN ID
- fallow-doorway-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1967
- Type
- Castle
- OS grid reference
- SO 248 538
- Coordinates
- 52.17736, -3.10059
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of Huntington Castle date from the 13th century or earlier and were repaired in 1403. The castle was abandoned in 1460, although one tower was still in use as a prison in 1521. The structure is made of sandstone rubble. The earthworks include a motte that is 40 yards in diameter and three feet high, with an oval inner bailey to the northeast and a crescent-shaped outer bailey also to the northeast. The inner bailey is accessed by a causeway on the east side, which likely indicates the site of a former gatehouse. The bailey was surrounded by a curtain wall, of which a fragment remains to the west, standing about 20 feet high. There are also remnants of a 13th-century tower to the north, which includes a small chamber in the adjoining section of the curtain wall. This chamber features traces of a window and two small recesses in the west wall. In the southern part of the tower, there are remains of a staircase or corridor. Throughout the Middle Ages, the castle was owned by the Braose, Bohun, and Stafford families.
Local climate
Remains of Huntington Castle receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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