South, Upperside Limekiln is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 November 1998. Limekiln.
South, Upperside Limekiln
- WRENN ID
- tired-rood-sedge
- 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 292 550
- Coordinates
- 55.78312, -3.12997
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The South Upperside Limekiln is an earlier 19th-century draw-kiln with a square plan, located on the west side. It is partially collapsed and constructed from yellow sandstone rubble featuring battered, chamfered angles. There are round arched openings on the west and south sides, while the opening to the north is obscured by a collapsed hillside.
Local climate
South, Upperside Limekiln 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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