Smelt Chimney at Sd 8830 6602 is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1989. Smelt chimney.
Smelt Chimney at Sd 8830 6602
- WRENN ID
- hollow-chamber-cream
- 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
- Smelt chimney
- Address
- Smelt Chimney at Sd 8830 6602, Low Trenhouse Road, Malham Moor, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SD 883 660
- Coordinates
- 54.08993, -2.18016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smelt Chimney, located at Low Trenhouse Road in Malham Moor, is a chimney stack dating from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. It was restored between 1965 and 1969 and is constructed from gritstone rubble. The chimney is circular, approximately 3 metres in diameter at the base and about 5 metres high, tapering in width about halfway up, with a projecting coping at the top. There is an opening on the north side at the base, which was originally covered by the flue from furnaces located on lower ground; however, the flue and mill now exist only as earthworks. This chimney was originally built to support the lead mining industry, with the flue serving as a cooling chamber for lead extraction and to create an effective draught. In 1795, zinc ore was mined nearby, and the ore was roasted and calcined at the mill, which thrived between 1800 and 1830. The chimney is an important structure associated with a now-lost industry in the moor area.
Local climate
Smelt Chimney at Sd 8830 6602 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% 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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