Limekiln on East Bank of Slatequarry Cleugh is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Limekiln.
Limekiln on East Bank of Slatequarry Cleugh
- WRENN ID
- peeling-iron-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- Limekiln
- Address
- Limekiln on East Bank of Slatequarry Cleugh, Plenmeller with Whitfield
- OS grid reference
- NY 746 584
- Coordinates
- 54.92034, -2.39777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 19th-century limekiln is located on the east bank of Slatequarry Cleugh. It is constructed from coursed rubble and brick, featuring a trapezoidal plan with two elliptical drawing arches. Each arch is supported by corbelled brickwork that leads down to a pair of square-headed openings, which are separated by a brick pilaster. The structure has rough coping on top and a raking buttress to the right. Inside, there is an oval pot lined with brick.
Local climate
Limekiln on East Bank of Slatequarry Cleugh 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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