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
26220
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/2002
Date of Amendment
31/01/2002
Name of Property
Lime Kiln
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Halkyn
Town
Holywell
Locality
Rhosesmor
Easting
321151
Northing
368803
Street Side
Location
E of Foel Farm, approximately 300m NW of the parish church, set back on the N side of a minor road between Rhosesmor and Moel-y-crio.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Built in the third quarter of the C19 and first shown on the 1870 Ordnance Survey. It served a small quarry on the N side of the kiln.
Exterior
A lime kiln built against a bank to facilitate charging from the top, of battered rubble stone walls with bigger quoins, and a round-headed draw arch with voussoirs. The kiln lining is mainly collapsed and infilled.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for industrial archaeological interest as rare surviving, prominently located kiln, representing an important local industry.
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