Cooling Castle Gatehouse is a Grade I listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1966. A 1381-85 Gatehouse. 5 related planning applications.
Cooling Castle Gatehouse
- WRENN ID
- hushed-pillar-cedar
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1966
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- Cooling Castle Gatehouse, ME3 8DT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 753 758
- Coordinates
- 51.45484, 0.52298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
An embattled gatehouse dating from 1381 to 1385, built by Thomas Crump and possibly designed by Henry Yevele for Sir John de Cobham. It is constructed of coursed ragstone with some knapped flint. The gatehouse features two semi-circular towers with projecting rings of machicolations and crenellations. A four-centred arch spans between the towers; this is topped with crenellations and features a moulded round-arched gateway below and behind. Loopholes are present on the front faces of the towers at half height. The gatehouse is open on the interior and originally provided access to the south-west corner of the outer ward. Cooling Castle is designated as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Cooling Castle Gatehouse 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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