Remains of Original Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Castle remains.

Remains of Original Castle

WRENN ID
cold-trefoil-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Type
Castle remains
Address
Remains of Original Castle, Devizes
OS grid reference
SU 002 613
Coordinates
51.35082, -1.99818
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of the original castle, built in 1042, are located in the sunken garden to the west of the current castle buildings. Here, part of the foundations of the original keep can be seen.

Local climate

Remains of Original Castle receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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