The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1982. House.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- waiting-landing-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth MP: Rachel Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Limes, 87, Main Road, Austrey
- OS grid reference
- SK 295 064
- Coordinates
- 52.65541, -1.56391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is a house dating from the 18th century, with some minor alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of brick and features 19th and 20th century pebbledash, a rendered string course, and a brick dentil cornice. The roof is a plain tile from the late 20th century, with brick ridge and right end stacks. The building has an L-plan layout with a wing extending to the left at the rear and consists of two storeys with a three-window range.
A part-glazed six-panelled door is located between the second and third bays, framed by a rendered alternating rusticated surround and a blind keyed round arch. The windows include casements with two lights in the third bay, featuring glazing bars and rendered segmental arches with keyblocks. The lower second floor has cross-glazed casements that do not have arches. Inside, the room to the left has an open fireplace with a plastered bressumer, while the room in the wing has a moulded ceiling beam and an open fireplace with a rough cambered bressumer.
Local climate
The Limes receives an average of 770 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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