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
19806
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/05/1998
Date of Amendment
14/05/1998
Name of Property
Limekiln
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanfrothen
Town
Locality
Pont Garreg-Hylldrem
Easting
261835
Northing
343263
Street Side
NE
Location
Located some 500m E of the Pont Garreg-Hylldrem on the N side of the Afon Maesgwm; accessed across a field NE of the road, built into a revetted bank.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Exterior
Early limekiln, probably late C18 or early C19. Of unmortered boulder construction, some 3m high and 3.5m square, with rectangular tapering eyes to the E and W sides. Flat top with slab coping and large central crucible; this is conical in shape and is lined with small rough-dressed rubble blocks.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special industrial/archaeological interest as a well-preserved early limekiln.
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