The Castle Gateway and Walls Adjoining to the East and South is a Grade I listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1953. A Mid C13 Gateway.
The Castle Gateway and Walls Adjoining to the East and South
- WRENN ID
- broken-tracery-sparrow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1953
- Type
- Gateway
- OS grid reference
- SU 996 492
- Coordinates
- 51.23362, -0.5734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Castle Gateway and the walls adjoining to the east and south are significant historical structures, likely rebuilt in the mid-13th century by John of Gloucester after a fire at the Castle. Constructed from chalk and flint rubble, they feature ashlar dressings around the arch and window in the flanking wall, with tile and stone coping above. The gateway has a pointed arch with chamfered jambs and slots for a portcullis on the inner face. To the south, there are remains of a flanking tower that extends approximately 2 meters at the same height as the gateway, which includes a blocked, ashlar-dressed window with impost blocks in its return wall to the east. The rear wall extends up Castle Hill for about 10 meters. The northern flanking gate tower has been incorporated into Castle Arch. This gateway is part of a scheduled Ancient Monument, designated as Surrey Monument No. 1.
Local climate
The Castle Gateway and Walls Adjoining to the East and South receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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