Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23544
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/2000
Date of Amendment
19/07/2000
Name of Property
Lime Kiln
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Ilston
Town
Swansea
Locality
Penmaen
Easting
252897
Northing
187981
Street Side
Location
On Penmaen Burrows, 1km south of Penmaen House.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
This limekiln appears as active on the c1830 1" Ordnance Survey map and on the 25" map of 1879. It appears as disused on the 25" map of 1913.
Exterior
A bow-shaped limekiln built out from the hillside in axe-dressed local limestone, roughly coursed; two working recesses slightly angled, facing east and north. The east-facing recess is about 2½m. deep and has a segmental arch of about 2½m span; the north-facing recess is about 3½ m deep and its segmental arch is about 3m span. Both recesses are straight sided but corbelled over the working hole. Only the drawhole of the east-facing recess is visible, with an iron bar.
Interior
The kiln is lined in fire-brickwork one brick thick, of which the top 2 m is visible. It is about 2½m diameter at the top.
Reason for designation
A very well-preserved limekiln of the early C19.
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