The Folly at Castle House School is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1978. Folly.
The Folly at Castle House School
- WRENN ID
- grey-lancet-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1978
- Type
- Folly
- Address
- The Folly at Castle House School, Chetwynd End, Newport
- OS grid reference
- SJ 744 195
- Coordinates
- 52.77258, -2.3801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Folly at Castle House School is a mid-19th century structure made of sandstone. It features a long retaining wall with steps leading down, and includes five battlemented turrets that have slit-windows and arrow-loops. At the lower level, there are arched recesses.
Local climate
The Folly at Castle House School 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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