Eye Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1951. A Medieval Castle. 1 related planning application.
Eye Castle
- WRENN ID
- deep-niche-harvest
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1951
- Type
- Castle
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Eye Castle, Castle Street, IP23 7AW
- OS grid reference
- TM 147 737
- Coordinates
- 52.32005, 1.1501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Eye Castle is a motte and bailey castle constructed between 1066 and 1171. The castle was largely destroyed in the 14th century. A windmill was built on the motte between 1561 and 1562, replaced in 1844 by a house for Sir Edward Kerrison. This house, which suffered damage in 1965 and partial collapse in 1979, is constructed of whole flints with brick piers and dressings, and is now roofless. The plan is an irregular enneagon, incorporating curtain walls with living accommodation to the south and west. To the west side, remnants of a winder staircase to the first floor remain, having collapsed in 1979. The southern end features foundations for three rooms. The curtain wall includes arrow loops. A portion of the late 12th-century flint curtain wall extends northwest down the motte, forming part of the north curtain wall of the inner bailey. Historical records indicate the house was built for Sir Edward Kerrison’s batman, who had previously saved his life at the Battle of Waterloo. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (county number 6).
Local climate
Eye Castle sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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