Limekiln About 100 Metres West of Allercleugh Plantation, South East of Middle Whitestones Farm is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Limekiln.

Limekiln About 100 Metres West of Allercleugh Plantation, South East of Middle Whitestones Farm

WRENN ID
noble-alcove-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Limekiln
OS grid reference
NY 869 393
Coordinates
54.7485, -2.20363
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a limekiln located about 100 metres west of Allercleugh Plantation, southeast of Middle Whitestones Farm. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed with thin courses of dry stone walling. The structure features a round arch in the wall, with left and right returns that fade into the bank. The interior is corbelled.

Local climate

Limekiln About 100 Metres West of Allercleugh Plantation, South East of Middle Whitestones Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 70 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 49 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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