Castle Vaults is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1969. Vaults.
Castle Vaults
- WRENN ID
- ancient-banister-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1969
- Type
- Vaults
- Address
- Castle Vaults, Museum Square, Wisbech
- OS grid reference
- TF 461 095
- Coordinates
- 52.66424, 0.16017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castle Vaults is a 17th-century structure featuring brick tunnel vaults. It has a long central passage that runs east-west and covers an area of approximately 70 by 90 feet, indicating that it was likely constructed specifically for the 17th-century mansion. Some of the wall materials and the well may date back to medieval times. The entrance to the vaults, which faces east, was built by Joseph Medworth around 1816 to provide access to the well.
Local climate
Castle Vaults sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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