Orford Castle is a Grade I listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. A 12th century (1165-7) Castle.
Orford Castle
- WRENN ID
- odd-hearth-elm
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1966
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Orford Castle, Castle Green
- OS grid reference
- TM 419 498
- Coordinates
- 52.09428, 1.53075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orford Castle is a Grade I listed castle keep built between 1165 and 1167 for Henry II. It features a plinth made of septaria and Caen stone, with quoins, battlements, and dressings around the openings. The keep has a circular interior and a polygonal exterior, which includes three square projecting turrets. For a detailed description, refer to the official guidebook "Orford Castle" by R. Allen Brown, published in 1964.
Local climate
Orford Castle sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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