Limekiln Near Blackburn Beck is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. Limekiln.
Limekiln Near Blackburn Beck
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-zinc-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Limekiln
- Address
- Limekiln Near Blackburn Beck, B6270, Muker, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- NY 882 015
- Coordinates
- 54.40906, -2.18222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a limekiln located near Blackburn Beck, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed from drystone rubble and has a square plan. The kiln features a semicircular arch made of rubble voussoirs that leads to the hearth. Access to the kiln is from the top, and at the time of the resurvey, a tree was growing out of a hole in the structure.
Local climate
Limekiln Near Blackburn Beck sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 67 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 44 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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