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
19717
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
22/04/1998  
Date of Amendment
22/04/1998  
Name of Property
Atcherley Lime Kilns  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Wrexham  
Community
Minera  
Town
Wrexham  
Locality
Minera  
Easting
326155  
Northing
351774  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated facing NE, in a semi-wooded area of disused lead mine workings some 1km W of the centre of Minera.  

Description


Broad Class
Industrial  
Period
 

History
Earlier C19 industrial lime kilns, disused by 1887 when it was found unprofitable to work the nearby quarry in Cae Coch.  

Exterior
Rectangular industrial lime kilns of coursed squared stone built into the slope of the hill. The front wall left is seriously decayed so that only two of the original three kiln eyes are visible. The structure was originally some 20m wide and 8m high with retaining walls to left and right. Large supporting buttress immediately to the right of the central kiln eye and three iron girders in wall above and to the left of the kiln eye to right. Kiln eyes are some 2.5m wide and 3m high, with semi-circular arches of cut stone. The interiors are 3m deep tapering to 2m high at the rear and retain ironwork to stoking holes and crucible access. Open round crucibles some 3m wide and 7m deep lined with small yellow fire bricks. Crucible to left in deteriorating condition (1997). Remains of small building to right rear, possibly lime-burner's hut.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
A rare example of large industrial lime kilns, the only survivor of the historically important lime industry of Minera.  

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