Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
13589
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/08/1993
Date of Amendment
05/03/1999
Name of Property
Lime Kilns on Van Road
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Rudry
Town
Locality
Van Road
Easting
317780
Northing
186153
Street Side
Location
Located in an overgrown area immediately adjacent to south side of Van Road, east of a track to Tyn-y-parc.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Mid C19 lime kilns first shown on 1883 Ordnance Survey, possibly serving a small quarry on the N side. Lime kilns were widely used in Britain from the C17 to the C20 to burn limestone for use as a fertiliser and in mortar. Many small banks of kilns were built in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries near roads or other transport routes, and usually close to quarries. This group is of typical scale and construction for a mid nineteenth-century kiln bank, while its large kiln chamber with 2 draw holes is unusual but is found elsewhere in the district (c.f. Pen-y-bryn, Eglwysilian).
Exterior
A kiln bank sited on sloping ground in order to utilise the natural gradient for charging at the top and drawing at the bottom. The walls were original faced with hammer-dressed stone, most of which is now robbed out, leaving core stonework exposed. On the downhill side are 3 semi-circular draw arches. The arches are infilled with spoil, except on the R side where the cast iron lintel above the draw hole remains visible.
At the charging level is a single circular filling hole and a second much wider filling hole with straight sides and round ends, probably made by combining 2 former circular kilns. This larger kiln is therefore served by 2 draw holes.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a type of small industrial structure once common in the area.
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