Limekilns, Middlemains is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 May 1991. Lime kiln.
Limekilns, Middlemains
- WRENN ID
- over-roof-winter
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1991
- Type
- Lime kiln
- OS grid reference
- NT 472 691
- Coordinates
- 55.91272, -2.84497
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Limekilns at Middlemains were rebuilt between 1817 and 1820. They are rectangular double kilns, measuring approximately 45 feet by 60 feet, with battered sides that abut the hillside. The structure is made of squared rubble. There are two four-draw kilns, each featuring three independent vent arches and one common arch, all of which are stone vaulted. The front has three arches, while each side has two arches.
Local climate
Limekilns, Middlemains receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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