Limekiln East of Clarty Lane is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Limekiln.

Limekiln East of Clarty Lane

WRENN ID
proud-vestry-vale
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
Address
Limekiln East of Clarty Lane, A689, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NY 842 420
Coordinates
54.77329, -2.24652
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a limekiln dating from the early 19th century, constructed from thin stone rubble. It features two triangular corbelled openings in the retaining wall, topped with a thin flat stone coping. The left extension and right return walls slope down to ground level and are finished with round coping made of thin vertical stones.

Local climate

Limekiln East of Clarty Lane sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 47 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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