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
82278
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/12/2003
Date of Amendment
12/12/2003
Name of Property
Maesdulais Lime Kilns
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanddarog
Town
Locality
Maes-Dulais
Easting
251877
Northing
214471
Street Side
Location
In woodlands on the E side of Maesdulais Quarry,
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Dated 1887 and shown on the second edition of the Ordnance Survey. The kilns served the adjacent Maesdulais Quarry.
Exterior
A pair of exceptionally tall snecked rubble lime kilns set against a high bank, with raking buttresses to the front and R side. The central buttress has a date panel. Segmental tunnel-vaulted draw arches have freestone voussoirs. The surrounds to the draw holes are brick. From the top brick shafts are visible, but are mostly infilled.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an impressive and well-preserved bank of kilns, dating from a period when the industry was rapidly developing in scale and technology.
Scheduled Ancient Monument CM 272 (CAM).
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