Penrith Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. Castle.
Penrith Castle
- WRENN ID
- distant-latch-equinox
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1951
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Penrith Castle, Ullswater Road
- OS grid reference
- NY 512 299
- Coordinates
- 54.66217, -2.75705
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Penrith Castle is a Grade I listed structure located on Ullswater Road. The castle features red sandstone ruins and was granted a licence to crenellate in 1397. It has a square plan with a gateway on the north-east side and includes a circular well in the courtyard. There were additions made around 1470. The south wall and east tower still stand to a considerable height, along with tunnel vaults, Perpendicular windows, and pointed arched fireplace flues. The ruins of the gatehouse can be found on the north-west side.
Local climate
Penrith Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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