Lime Kiln is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1974. Lime kiln.

Lime Kiln

WRENN ID
lone-passage-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1974
Type
Lime kiln
Address
Lime Kiln, A689, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NZ 018 373
Coordinates
54.73136, -1.97206
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lime kiln, dating from around 1800, is constructed from thin courses of sandstone. It features three tall corbelled kilns, with the outer kilns set back at a slight angle. At the time of the survey, the front arches were noted to be damaged.

Local climate

Lime Kiln sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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