Limekilns is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1986. Limekilns.
Limekilns
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-keep-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1986
- Type
- Limekilns
- Address
- Limekilns, A170, Allerston
- OS grid reference
- SE 883 831
- Coordinates
- 54.23651, -0.64564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limekilns, built around 1800 for Sir George Osbaldeston, consist of a bank of four limekilns. They are constructed from dressed limestone with herringbone-tooled dressings and feature a squared limestone platform. The interior is lined with red brick and has cream brick flues. The wall, which is approximately 10 metres high and built against a natural bank, contains openings for the four limekilns. Each opening has a round arch with raised voussoirs and a raised impost band, along with a raised band above and a coped parapet at the top. The wall below the raised band is battered, while the section above is flat. Inside, the kilns are tunnel-vaulted with segment-arched flues at the rear, surrounded by voussoirs and quoins. This site is an impressive example of well-preserved limekilns.
Local climate
Limekilns receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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