Upperside Lime Kiln, Toxside is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 November 1998. Limekiln.
Upperside Lime Kiln, Toxside
- WRENN ID
- errant-cloister-wind
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Constituency
- Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1998
- Type
- Limekiln
- OS grid reference
- NT 292 552
- Coordinates
- 55.78577, -3.12994
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Upperside Lime Kiln in Toxside is an earlier 19th-century draw-kiln with a square plan, facing south. It is constructed from red sandstone rubble, featuring contrasting long and short polished ashlar quoins. A later addition includes a yellow brick parapet. The kiln has round arched openings on the west, south, and east sides, with grey brick interiors and arch rings, complemented by curved wing walls.
Local climate
Upperside Lime Kiln, Toxside sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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