Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
22/04/1998
Date of Amendment
22/04/1998
Name of Property
Lime Kiln
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
Situated some 50m N of Penymynydd, on a minor road W off the B5426 opposite Wern Farm.
History
Early C19 lime kiln. Probably too small to be associated with the mid-late C19 industrial scale quarrying and burning of lime in Minera.
Exterior
Square lime kiln of shaped rubble stone some 3m high and 6m wide built into slope of hill. SE side has large asymetric kiln eye with stone arch. Eye is some 2m high and 2m deep and inclines to the left. Crucible filled in but visible but kiln walls in deteriorating condition especially to left (1997).
Reason for designation
Listed as the only surviving example in the area of a early C19 small lime kiln, preceeding the industrial scale lime burning later in the century.
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