Aqualate Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1968. Castle.

Aqualate Castle

WRENN ID
crumbling-lime-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 January 1968
Type
Castle
Address
Aqualate Castle, Forton
OS grid reference
SJ 767 194
Coordinates
52.77244, -2.3462
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Aqualate Castle is a building likely dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of brick and features a tiled roof along with brick stacks. The structure has three storeys and includes round-headed windows. On the north side, there is a stepped gable. Attached to the main building is a round tower that has two storeys, round-headed windows, and an embattled parapet.

Local climate

Aqualate Castle receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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