Limekiln Circa 300 Metres South of Burnhope Reservoir is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Limekiln.

Limekiln Circa 300 Metres South of Burnhope Reservoir

WRENN ID
salt-arch-myrtle
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 848 384
Coordinates
54.7407, -2.23611
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This limekiln, located approximately 300 metres south of Burnhope Reservoir, dates from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. It features walls made of sandstone and limestone rubble, which are canted against the hillside. The structure includes a corbelled beehive-shaped recess, and the top has a round enclosure formed by five to six courses of rubble.

Local climate

Limekiln Circa 300 Metres South of Burnhope Reservoir 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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