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

Limekiln North East of Bollihope Shield Farm

WRENN ID
unlit-keep-ebony
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 North East of Bollihope Shield Farm, Bollihope Common, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NY 998 349
Coordinates
54.70994, -2.00406
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a limekiln located north-east of Bollihope Shield Farm, likely dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with some millstone grit, featuring courses of varied thickness and thin courses of wide stones that occur regularly. The structure is built using dry construction techniques and has obliquely-set round coping. There is a high retaining wall that includes two corbelled arches leading to the kilns, while the right retaining wall is stepped back. The interiors of the kilns are also corbelled.

Local climate

Limekiln North East of Bollihope Shield Farm 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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