Sheriff Hutton Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. A C14 Castle.
Sheriff Hutton Castle
- WRENN ID
- tall-terrace-smoke
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1954
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Sheriff Hutton Castle, Main Street
- OS grid reference
- SE 651 662
- Coordinates
- 54.08813, -1.0052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sheriff Hutton Castle is a ruinous castle that began construction in 1382 by John, Lord Neville, with a 15th-century gatehouse added later. It is built from sandstone and limestone rubble and has a rectangular plan featuring four corner towers and the remains of curtain walls that enclose an inner court measuring 120 by 100 feet. The gatehouse is located to the north of the southeastern tower, with a poorly aligned intermediate tower to the north. Substantial remains of the corner towers still stand, reaching up to four storeys in some areas. Some trefoil-headed cusped windows and several fireplaces are still visible. The gatehouse displays four shields in relief above the first-floor window opening. Inside, there are remnants of tunnel vaulting on the ground floor and in the cellars, with the vaulting in the northeastern tower being particularly well-preserved.
Local climate
Sheriff Hutton Castle receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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