Lime Kilns is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1983. Lime kilns.
Lime Kilns
- WRENN ID
- low-pier-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1983
- Type
- Lime kilns
- Address
- Lime Kilns, Lime Stone Close, Isleham
- OS grid reference
- TL 643 742
- Coordinates
- 52.34135, 0.41161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lime kilns, built around 1860, were used for the manufacture of lime mortar. There are four kilns and a ramp, all of which are intact, featuring coursed clunch walling. The site is scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Lime Kilns sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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