Knipe Scar Limekiln is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1989. Limekiln.
Knipe Scar Limekiln
- WRENN ID
- kindled-foundation-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1989
- Type
- Limekiln
- Address
- Knipe Scar Limekiln, B6160, Kettlewell with Starbotton, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SD 968 717
- Coordinates
- 54.14137, -2.04964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knipe Scar Limekiln is a limekiln, likely built in the early 19th century and restored in 1983. It is constructed from limestone rubble and has a square plan. The structure is terraced into a steep hillside, measuring approximately 5 metres wide and 4 metres high on the north side, which features an extraction arch made of roughly-dressed voussoirs. Lime was in high demand for making mortar or as a fertilizer between 1750 and 1850. This limekiln is located below the quarry where the stone was sourced, and there is clear access from the current road. It is one of the few remaining limekilns from the many hundreds that were built before large-scale lime production began in the Dales in the late 19th century.
Local climate
Knipe Scar Limekiln sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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