The Castle Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Castle Inn
- WRENN ID
- rusted-zinc-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Castle Inn, Main Road, West Lulworth, BH20 5RN
- OS grid reference
- SY 826 807
- Coordinates
- 50.6264, -2.24622
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Castle Inn is a public house, likely built in the 18th century. It features plastered walls, a thatched roof, and brick stacks. The building has one storey and attics. The main block, which faces the road, includes a weatherboarded porch with a thatched roof and a flush panelled door. The ground floor has four double-hung sash windows with glazing bars, while the attic contains four half-dormers: two with horizontally sliding sashes and two with casements, all also featuring glazing bars. At the west end of the facade, there is a porch-type extension with a thatched roof. The west elevation has a modern two-storeyed canted bay window with casements, which is tile-hung between the windows. There is a large modern extension at the rear of the building, and the interior has been significantly altered.
Local climate
The Castle Inn receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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