Limeworks, Closeburn, Park is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Limekiln.
Limeworks, Closeburn, Park
- WRENN ID
- inner-basalt-falcon
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1986
- Type
- Limekiln
- OS grid reference
- NX 907 912
- Coordinates
- 55.20349, -3.71832
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Limeworks in Closeburn, built around 1774, consists of a row of three limekilns that face north and are positioned against a steep bank. The structure is made of squared rubble and features three segmental-arched openings at the base, each with brick fireplaces. The kilns are brick-lined and have circular openings above.
Local climate
Limeworks, Closeburn, Park sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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