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.
Date of Designation
06/12/2005
Date of Amendment
06/12/2005
Name of Property
Double Limekiln
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Location
On the roadside of the minor road which follows the course of the river Usk from Tredunnock to Llanhennock.
History
Probably early C19 in origin but apparently rebuilt to some fair degree in the late C20 when they were perhaps previously in a ruined state.
Exterior
Built of red sandstone rubble which is mostly in thin courses, but with some larger stones and with carefully constructed quoins and arches. Rectangular battered structure with double kiln. Semi-circular arched fireholes with central pier and part corbelled roofs. Drip above the arches with an apparently rebuilt parapet rising to the charge holes above.
Interior
Corbelled heads to the openings with the draught holes apparently blocked.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a double limekiln that, despite some rebuilding, retains strong character.
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