Castle Bow is a Grade I listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. A C13 Gatehouse, hotel.

Castle Bow

WRENN ID
heavy-pedestal-mist
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 June 1952
Type
Gatehouse, hotel
Address
Castle Bow, Castle Green, Taunton
OS grid reference
ST 226 245
Coordinates
51.01529, -3.1038
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Castle Bow is a Grade I listed building that originally served as the East Gate to the Castle precincts. It dates back to the 13th century and features chamfered arches and corner buttresses with setoffs. The ground floor is constructed of ashlar stone, while the upper levels are made of rubble with ashlar dressings. The building has a crenellated parapet and the front facing Castle Green is three stories high, showcasing Georgian and later Gothic sash windows. There is a much weathered carved stone tablet, and each front of the building has similar windows along with carvings of a bishop's mitre and a sham portcullis. Castle Bow is now part of the Castle Hotel. All the listed buildings on Castle Green, including Ina Cottage and Mill Lane, form a cohesive group.

Local climate

Castle Bow 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 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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