Skateraw Limekiln is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 May 1989.
Skateraw Limekiln
- WRENN ID
- scarred-vestry-bistre
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1989
- OS grid reference
- NT 738 753
- Coordinates
- 55.97084, -2.42059
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a mid-19th century limekiln of a square plan with three draws, built as a tunnelled design. It is constructed of coursed stone in long blocks, with sandstone dressings and to the top five courses. The limekiln is situated on ground sloping northwards towards the coastline. A round arched tunnel faces south, running east to west, while round arched draw openings face north, east, and west, feeding the kiln which has an inverted cone shape and is brick-lined. An overgrown quarry is located nearby. Skateraw Limekiln is less renowned than Catcraig Limekiln, by East Barns, which was restored in 1966. Skateraw Harbour was built in the early 19th century to facilitate the export of lime and the import of coal. Further information can be found in B Skinner’s Lime Industry in the Lothians, page 39.
Local climate
Skateraw Limekiln receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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