Stansted Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1976. Castle.
Stansted Castle
- WRENN ID
- ancient-ember-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1976
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Stansted Castle, Grove Hill, Stansted Mountfitchet
- OS grid reference
- TL 515 249
- Coordinates
- 51.90255, 0.20104
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stansted Castle, located on the south-east side of Grove Hill in Stansted Mountfitchet, is a historical site with origins likely dating back to the 11th century. It was originally owned by the Mountfitchet family and was a ring and bailey type castle. The castle was destroyed in 1215 while held by Richard de Mountfitchet, and after this event, it was not rebuilt. Today, only a small section of flint rubble walling remains on the south side of the ring.
Local climate
Stansted Castle sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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