Disused Limekiln, 700 Metres South of Cote House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Limekiln.
Disused Limekiln, 700 Metres South of Cote House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- veiled-rubble-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Limekiln
- OS grid reference
- NY 952 226
- Coordinates
- 54.59914, -2.07508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a disused limekiln located 700 metres south of Cote House Farmhouse, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from squared rubble and features a small two-cell design. The front wall and returns are battered, and the structure is built partly into the bankside. The kilns have an elliptical arch and a domed shape, with flush voussoirs and infilled polls in the rear wall.
Local climate
Disused Limekiln, 700 Metres South of Cote House Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% 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 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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