Limekilns

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.