Dinton Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Sham castle. 3 related planning applications.
Dinton Castle
- WRENN ID
- dusk-chancel-cream
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Sham castle
- Address
- Dinton Castle, Oxford Road, Dinton-With-Ford and Upton, HP17 8TX
- OS grid reference
- SP 765 115
- Coordinates
- 51.79736, -0.89148
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dinton Castle is a ruinous sham castle or folly built in 1769 as an eyecatcher from the grounds of Dinton Hall for Sir John Vanhattern. It is constructed of rubblestone with stone string courses, and most openings feature cement architraves, except for the stone-dressed window opening above the entrance. The castle has an octagonal plan with circular towers at the east and west. It stands two storeys high, with the towers rising to three storeys. The south face of the octagon features a doorway in the remains of a porch, which has a depressed two-centred brick arch. The first floor has tall ogee-headed windows, and there are string courses between the storeys and at the base of the parapet, which is now mostly missing. The towers have strings between storeys and blank pointed-headed loop windows. The walls contain many ammonite fossils from the local limestone beds. The interior is brick-lined, with the west tower featuring fireplaces on each storey and the east tower containing a newel staircase.
Local climate
Dinton Castle receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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