Remains of Claxton Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the The Broads Authority local planning authority area, England. Fortification.
Remains of Claxton Castle
- WRENN ID
- sharp-plinth-gold
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- The Broads Authority
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Fortification
- Address
- Remains of Claxton Castle, the Street, South Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TG 335 037
- Coordinates
- 52.58164, 1.44579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of Claxton Castle are a fortified house located on the north side of Claxton The Street. A licence to castellate was granted to William de Kerdiston in 1333, and the existing remains are likely from a later date. The structure is built from brick, flint, and limestone and features a long wall with three round towers. At the east end, there are remains of a stair, and the wall has openings with elliptical brick arches. On the north face of the wall, there is a large off-centre arched opening that is now blocked, with one tower positioned against the western jamb of the archway on the south side. The site shows evidence of many blocked openings and quoins. There are twin towers at the south-east corner connected by a low-level arch, and the western tower contains a staircase. Additionally, there is a thatched lean-to summer house at the west end. The site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, County No. 149.
Local climate
Remains of Claxton Castle sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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