Landridge Limekilns, Wheatrig is a Grade C listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Industrial.
Landridge Limekilns, Wheatrig
- WRENN ID
- first-doorway-vale
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- Type
- Industrial
- OS grid reference
- NT 457 754
- Coordinates
- 55.96907, -2.87116
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Landridge Limekilns, located at Wheatrig, date from the late 18th century and consist of a group of two large, overgrown lime kilns in separate oblong blocks. They are constructed of random rubble with ashlar lining.
The western kiln measures 24 feet wide at the front and features arched side wings, with a diameter of 15 feet. The eastern kiln is situated 100 feet to the east of the western kiln and has a width of 40 feet, tapering from 12 to 20 feet in diameter.
Local climate
Landridge Limekilns, Wheatrig receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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