Bolebroke Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1953. A Tudor Castle. 13 related planning applications.
Bolebroke Castle
- WRENN ID
- guardian-column-oak
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1953
- Type
- Castle
- Period
- Tudor
- Address
- Bolebroke Castle, Hartfield, TN7 4JJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 474 377
- Coordinates
- 51.12021, 0.10612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bolebroke Castle dates to the 16th century and is constructed of red brick in English bond. The east front is characterized by four small gables, each of three storeys, and a larger four-storey gable at the north end. The north gable has kneelers and an octagonal buttress rising from the ground, culminating in a round finial. A diamond or lozenge-shaped finial sits above its apex. The return of this gable on the north side is similar, although a modern bay window has been built out. The east front features windows with stone surrounds, stone mullions, and transoms in five of them. The south front mirrors the east, with a similar gable topped with a ball finial above the apex; kneelers are present but finials are absent. Windows are similarly treated, with stone surrounds, stone mullions, and transoms to five. A late 17th-century L-shaped west wing is built of red brick with grey headers, with modern additions to the north and south. The interior has been modernized, but in a room facing west, assumed to be the original kitchen, a large fireplace with a depressed stone arch remains.
Local climate
Bolebroke Castle receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 13 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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