Outer Courtyard Walls to West and South of Vanbrugh Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1973. Courtyard walls. 1 related planning application.

Outer Courtyard Walls to West and South of Vanbrugh Castle

WRENN ID
stranded-passage-bramble
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Greenwich and Woolwich MP: Matthew Pennycook (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1973
Type
Courtyard walls
Address
Outer Courtyard Walls to West and South of Vanbrugh Castle, Maze Hill Se3, SE10 8XQ
OS grid reference
TQ 393 775
Coordinates
51.48005, 0.00476
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are early 18th-century brick walls forming the outer courtyard to the west and south of Vanbrugh Castle. They are a high, reddish-brown brick and have sloped coping along the north side of the west wall. The west wall features square gate piers that repeat the design motif of battlemented towers and arched corbelling. A battlemented round tower stands at the south end. A later section of red brick extends southward, incorporating a square turret at an angle and a square end pier. The walls have a high plinth and a prominent band.

Local climate

Outer Courtyard Walls to West and South of Vanbrugh 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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