Limekiln C.200 Yards North-East of Greenchesters is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. Limekiln.

Limekiln C.200 Yards North-East of Greenchesters

WRENN ID
graven-mortar-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 January 1988
Type
Limekiln
OS grid reference
NY 872 942
Coordinates
55.24236, -2.20152
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This limekiln, located approximately 200 yards north-east of Greenchesters, dates from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed from snecked stone and features a canted screen with three steeply-pitched triangular openings. Inside, the openings are corbelled down to round-headed drawing eyes. Large raking buttresses are positioned between the openings, and the pot is lined with brick.

Local climate

Limekiln C.200 Yards North-East of Greenchesters receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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