Remains of Waytemore Castle is a Grade I listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1949. A C11 and C12 Castle. 3 related planning applications.
Remains of Waytemore Castle
- WRENN ID
- hushed-truss-dew
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1949
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Remains of Waytemore Castle, the Causeway, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2EL
- OS grid reference
- TL 490 214
- Coordinates
- 51.8718, 0.16301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of Waytemore Castle are a significant historical site dating from the 11th and 12th centuries. This motte and bailey castle features an earthwork mound and flint walling. The large oval motte rises 40 feet high and has the ruins of a 12th-century shell keep at its perimeter. There are remnants of chambers located in the northeast and southeast corners. To the south, the roughly pentagonal bailey is surrounded by water courses on all four sides. The area is now home to public tennis courts and gardens, which are wooded and include a grand avenue. It is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Remains of Waytemore 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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