Castle, Remains Of is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. Historical ruins. 1 related planning application.

Castle, Remains Of

WRENN ID
little-render-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 January 1952
Type
Historical ruins
Address
Castle, Remains Of, Church Street, Ruyton-Xi-Towns
OS grid reference
SJ 394 221
Coordinates
52.79356, -2.89935
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of a castle located in Ruyton-XI-Towns date back to the early 14th century and were built for Edmund, Earl of Arundel, on the site of a castle that was destroyed around 1212. The structure is made of sandstone rubble masonry, although the facing has been removed. The remains consist of three fragmentary walls of a small square keep situated on a slightly raised platform, with the footings of another wall extending at right angles to the north from the north-west corner. The walls reach a maximum height of 10 meters, and both the north and south sections feature rectangular inward-sloping openings of uncertain age. This site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, County No. 71.

Local climate

Castle, Remains Of receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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