Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
25747
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/09/2001
Date of Amendment
12/09/2001
Name of Property
Limekiln
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Prestatyn
Town
Locality
Prestatyn
Easting
307133
Northing
382067
Street Side
E
Location
To E of Bishopswood Road alongside track.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
A limekiln built before 1871, serving the Manor Hill quarries at Carrag-y-fran near Hillside. This kiln was one of about four in the vicinity, extinct in the closing years of the C19 but active again from 1904, which were operated by Harrison and Clegg but closed as a nuisance by court order in 1907 when housing started to be developed in the vicinity. The action to close the kilns was initiated by William Horsfall of Highfield (now St Chamonds Nursing Home). Evidence at the hearing indicated that lime burning had been active at these quarries from the 1830s or earlier. At the time of their closure there were plans to erect smithies at this kiln site. Marked as an 'old kiln' on the 1910 map.
Exterior
A square-fronted limekiln about 7m high and 8m wide in local limestone with a single working archway to the front, beneath a deep segmental arch of about 2½m span. The recess has stone side walls and a brick frontage. Firing hole below, draw hole above over a cast iron beam.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved late C19 traditional small industrial limekiln.
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