Lime Kiln at Western Entrance to Darlton Quarry Sk 216 758 is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1984. Lime kiln. 2 related planning applications.

Lime Kiln at Western Entrance to Darlton Quarry Sk 216 758

WRENN ID
forbidden-zinc-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1984
Type
Lime kiln
Address
Lime Kiln at Western Entrance to Darlton Quarry Sk 216 758, Middleton Dale, Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire Dales
OS grid reference
SK 216 757
Coordinates
53.27873, -1.67744
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lime kiln at the western entrance to Darlton Quarry is an early 19th-century structure made of rubble limestone and timber. It features a large beehive-shaped design, standing approximately 25 feet high and partly built into the hillside. The kiln is circular in plan, with large projecting rubble buttresses on either side of the drawing tunnel entrance. A substantial lintel supports the upper stonework between these buttresses, and set back beneath the lintel is the arched tunnel entrance made of rubble voussoirs. The kiln tapers towards the top, although the west side has collapsed near the top. The interior has been filled with rubble, making the lining not visible. This kiln is noted as a rare survival from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, representing a complex of lime quarrying and burning along Middleton Dale.

Local climate

Lime Kiln at Western Entrance to Darlton Quarry Sk 216 758 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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