Limekiln, Phantassie is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Limekiln.
Limekiln, Phantassie
- WRENN ID
- slow-glass-candle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- Type
- Limekiln
- OS grid reference
- NT 601 768
- Coordinates
- 55.98301, -2.6396
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Limekiln at Phantassie is a late 18th century structure with a trapezoidal plan. It features three vents and a rear tunnel. The kiln is constructed from roughly squared sandstone rubble with sandstone dressings. It stands 22 feet tall and is 24 feet wide at the front, where the vents measure 11 feet wide. The rear tunnel is 40 feet long and 10 feet wide. The kiln itself has a diameter of 16 feet and is lined with dressed stones, although it is now collapsing. The vent arches rise to 13 feet and taper sharply to the draw holes, which are made of coursed sandstone. Above the arches, there are two rows of socketed corbels. An access ramp is located at the rear of the structure.
Local climate
Limekiln, Phantassie receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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