Bottle Kiln at Hill Top Works: Neville Lumb and Company Limited is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1974. Bottle kiln.

Bottle Kiln at Hill Top Works: Neville Lumb and Company Limited

WRENN ID
low-balcony-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 October 1974
Type
Bottle kiln
Address
Bottle Kiln at Hill Top Works: Neville Lumb and Company Limited, Woodhouse Street
OS grid reference
SK 305 189
Coordinates
52.76704, -1.54817
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bottle Kiln at Hill Top Works, associated with Neville Lumb and Company Limited, dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick and has a circular plan. This large bottle kiln is notable for its tall and broad outline, rising above the hipped slate roof of the plain pottery works building in which it is situated, as well as the surrounding structures.

Local climate

Bottle Kiln at Hill Top Works: Neville Lumb and Company Limited receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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