Carisbrooke Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1972. A C11/C12 foundation Castle. 1 related planning application.
Carisbrooke Castle
- WRENN ID
- salt-ember-fern
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1972
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Carisbrooke Castle, Newport and Carisbrooke, PO30 1XY
- OS grid reference
- SZ 485 877
- Coordinates
- 50.68758, -1.31345
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carisbrooke Castle is an important historical site dating back to the 11th and 12th centuries, serving as the official residence of the Governor of the Isle of Wight. The castle features substantial remains from its original construction, with later additions made in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. There are pre-Domesday earthworks surrounding the inner enceinte, along with remnants of a late Roman masonry wall near the northeastern corner. A shallow semi-circular bastion is present, and traces of an inturned gate can be found in the middle of the east side. The ruins underwent significant restoration in the 19th century. The chapel was rebuilt between 1904 and 1905 by Percy Goddard Stone, while retaining the base of 13th-century buttresses. Notably, Charles I was imprisoned here from 1647 to 1648, and his daughter, Princess Elizabeth, died in the castle and is buried in St Thomas's Church, St Thomas's Square.
Local climate
Carisbrooke Castle receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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