Old Limekiln at Ratcliffe Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. A C18 Limekiln. 3 related planning applications.
Old Limekiln at Ratcliffe Wharf
- WRENN ID
- white-footing-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1986
- Type
- Limekiln
- Address
- Old Limekiln at Ratcliffe Wharf, Forton, PR3 0AN
- OS grid reference
- SD 483 502
- Coordinates
- 53.94549, -2.78768
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a limekiln located at Ratcliffe Wharf, near Forton. It was constructed against the bank of the Lancaster Canal, which opened in 1797. The kiln is built from large sandstone blocks and has a roughly rectangular plan, with the top now grassed over. The front (east) wall features a blocked lower opening, covered by a timber lintel.
Local climate
Old Limekiln at Ratcliffe Wharf sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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