Remains of gypsum kiln at King's Mills, adjacent to south west end of The Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1989. Industrial remains.

Remains of gypsum kiln at King's Mills, adjacent to south west end of The Cottages

WRENN ID
knotted-soffit-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North West Leicestershire
Constituency
North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1989
Type
Industrial remains
OS grid reference
SK 417 274
Coordinates
52.84273, -1.38146
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of a gypsum kiln, dating from the early to mid-19th century, are located at King's Mills, next to the southwest end of The Cottages. The kiln has been partially demolished and is now surrounded by later 19th-century walls, a 20th-century roof, and a 20th-century garage door. The structure features a red brick wall with three fireholes that taper back into the hillside, leading to hidden flues that likely run up the cliff face. In front of the fireholes, there is an enclosed area that contains a cellar. Most of the surrounding walls are made of later 19th-century brick, while the end adjacent to The Cottages includes fragments of an earlier dressed stone wall, which also has 20th-century garage doors.

Local climate

Remains of gypsum kiln at King's Mills, adjacent to south west end of The Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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