Limekiln 120 Metres West of Ouston House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Limekiln.
Limekiln 120 Metres West of Ouston House
- WRENN ID
- third-portal-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- Limekiln
- OS grid reference
- NY 775 528
- Coordinates
- 54.87027, -2.35129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mid 19th-century limekiln is located 120 metres west of Ouston House in Plenmeller with Whitfield. It is constructed from coursed rubble and yellow brick, built into the hillside in front of a limestone quarry. The structure features twin segmental drawing arches, each with two openings that have recessed semicircular arches divided by a pilaster. Additionally, there is an oval pot.
Local climate
Limekiln 120 Metres West of Ouston House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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