Lime Kiln 300 Metres North of Cowburn Rigg Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1987. Lime kiln.
Lime Kiln 300 Metres North of Cowburn Rigg Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- plain-tracery-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland National Park
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1987
- Type
- Lime kiln
- OS grid reference
- NY 735 685
- Coordinates
- 55.01089, -2.41497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This disused lime kiln, located 300 metres north of Cowburn Rigg Farmhouse, dates from the late 18th century. It is constructed from squared stone and features a single-cell design that is partly built into the bankside. The front wall is battered and has a corbelled triangular-headed opening. Additionally, there are remains of a segmental-arched pot in the rear wall of the kiln.
Local climate
Lime Kiln 300 Metres North of Cowburn Rigg Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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