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
19001
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/10/1997
Date of Amendment
15/10/1997
Name of Property
East Limekiln, Ludchurch Quarry
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Lampeter Velfrey
Town
Locality
Ludchurch
Easting
214191
Northing
210862
Street Side
Location
75 m SE of St Elidyr's church, in a quarry now flooded. The E of two surviving kilns.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
A limekiln, probably late C18, used to burn the Ludchurch limestone. Lewis in 1833 refers to six kilns in constant operation here, principally supplying agricultural lime for the northern parts of the county. (The quarry also produced limestone blocks for construction, described by Fenton in 1811: 'black, beautifully veined, and enlivened with the likeness of various shells in white, and furnishes slabs for chimneypieces that will take the finest polish.') The quarry was tenanted by John Hughes in 1839, under two different landowners; the E kiln was in the part under the estate of the late Canon Probbyn. The kilns in this quarry were disused by 1887. This kiln is partly buried and is flooded at one side. The site has received a Rural Wales Award for conservation (1992).
Exterior
A freestanding limekiln with opposed openings and opposed ramps. Large openings with corbelling, segmentally arched at front. Masonry of a reddish coloured stone. Internally the kiln is about 3 m diameter, and there is no firebrick lining.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a limekiln preserved in its quarry context and for group value with the West kiln at Ludchurch quarry.
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