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
21224
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/01/1999
Date of Amendment
25/01/1999
Name of Property
Limekiln
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Efenechtyd
Town
Locality
Pont Eyarth
Easting
312506
Northing
355212
Street Side
NW
Location
Located approximately 100m SE of Pont Eyarth towards the eastern boundary of the community; built into a wooded slope adjacent to a disused quarry, set back from the road on the NW side.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Limekiln, probably of mid C19 date and sited within a small limestone quarry. A larger, adjacent quarry, to the E, appears to have superseded this, probably later in the C19; the ruins of an engine house which surmount the limekiln probably relate to this secondary phase.
Exterior
Limekiln structure, approximately 5m square and set into a rocky hillslope. Cyclopean construction of rough-dressed limestone blocks, with large kiln eyes to the front and left sides; these are of a maximum height of approximately 1.5m and taper inwards from the base to the top. The top is a flat platform with the crucible filled in and largely grown over.
Set back slightly and surmounting the limekiln are the ruinous walls of a former engine house structure.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a good C19 limekiln in substantially complete condition; in its association with the quarry, it is a good example of a kiln of industrial character.
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