Limekiln Approximately 80 Metres South East of Limekiln House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1986. Kiln.
Limekiln Approximately 80 Metres South East of Limekiln House
- WRENN ID
- odd-clay-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1986
- Type
- Kiln
- OS grid reference
- TM 132 494
- Coordinates
- 52.1021, 1.11208
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The limekiln, located approximately 80 metres southeast of Limekiln House, dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It features a brick retaining wall at the front of the bank, which has a 1724 datestone that has been reset above a segmental-arched doorway. Inside, there is an annular brick-lined chamber where burnt lime was drawn through four chutes.
Local climate
Limekiln Approximately 80 Metres South East of Limekiln House 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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