The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the Derby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1967. Villa.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- ruined-gravel-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derby
- Constituency
- Derby North MP: Catherine Atkinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1967
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- The Limes, Limes Avenue, City of Derby
- OS grid reference
- SK 309 340
- Coordinates
- 52.90321, -1.54187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is an early 19th-century villa set in its own grounds. The building is constructed of stucco and has two storeys. The main front, which faces the garden, features plain pilasters at each end and a band between the storeys. It has a configuration of 2+3+2 sash windows, with the central three arranged in a full-height semi-circular bow. The ground storey windows have jalousies, and the roof has plain over-hanging eaves and is hipped with slate.
The entrance front includes 2+1+0 windows and a central solid stucco porch supported by angle piers and Doric columns in antis, topped with an entablature, and features a glazed divided door. To the right of the entrance porch, there is a one-storey projecting section with three windows. The other elevations of the villa are plain.
Inside, the villa has a characteristic staircase and ceiling cornices. The setting is enhanced by lawns and a drive lined with an avenue of trees.
Local climate
The Limes receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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