Limekiln 100 Metres South of Road 650 Metres West of Old Rugley is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. Limekiln.

Limekiln 100 Metres South of Road 650 Metres West of Old Rugley

WRENN ID
forbidden-chalk-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1987
Type
Limekiln
OS grid reference
NU 160 101
Coordinates
55.3851, -1.74748
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This early 19th-century limekiln is located 100 metres south of the road and 650 metres west of Old Rugeley. It is constructed of rubble with cut dressings and features an extended semicircular plan, with short wing walls supporting the charging ramp to the southeast. The structure includes three tall round-headed drawing arches and low segmental arches at the eyes. The eastern wing wall has a half-arched recess to accommodate the drawing arch. At the time of the survey, a pot filled with brushwood was present.

Local climate

Limekiln 100 Metres South of Road 650 Metres West of Old Rugley receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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