Bastions and Curtain Wall About 10 Metres South East of Saltwood Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. A Late C14 Fortification.
Bastions and Curtain Wall About 10 Metres South East of Saltwood Castle
- WRENN ID
- solemn-cornice-moth
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1952
- Type
- Fortification
- OS grid reference
- TR 161 358
- Coordinates
- 51.08146, 1.08516
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bastions and curtain wall located about 10 metres south-east of Saltwood Castle date from the late 14th century, with the lower courses possibly being older. They are constructed from roughly coursed ragstone, featuring very large blocks in the lower courses. The south-west bastion is circular and was once connected by a north-west wall to the curtain wall of the inner bailey. The wall that runs north-east from the bastion, which forms the south wall of the bailey, was originally part of the continuous outer bailey curtain wall. The bastion includes cross loop-lights.
Local climate
Bastions and Curtain Wall About 10 Metres South East of Saltwood Castle receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings