Camber Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A C16 Castle.
Camber Castle
- WRENN ID
- muffled-cupola-barley
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Camber Castle, Sea Road, Icklesham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 921 184
- Coordinates
- 50.93353, 0.73377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Camber Castle is a historic structure located in a field, accessible via a footpath from Sea Road in Winchelsea. Built in 1538 as part of the coastal defenses commissioned by Henry VIII, the castle features a quatrefoil-shaped plan with lunettes at each corner. The entrance is on the north side, forming another lunette, resembling the stalk of a flower. The building is squat and constructed of ashlar stone, lined with brick. At the center, there is a higher round tower or keep, which is of earlier construction and made of ashlar, with brick lining added to the top or second storey, likely as an addition. Camber Castle is also designated as a scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Camber Castle receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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