Lime kiln

An early-C18 lime kiln.   MATERIALS: the building has coursed, rubble stone walls, a lime-stained, red-brick ceiling and an earth-covered roof.   PLAN: the kiln is square and consists of two, side-by-side chambers which are orientated north to south. They are interconnected by two low-level draw eyes which can be seen from the eastern chamber. This chamber also has doorways to the east and south (facing the River Arun). On the western side of the kiln there is a bank on which an informal path rises and intersects the top of the western chamber. The roof here would have had an opening to allow charging with layers of charcoal and chalk. The roof is now overgrown, and the opening is no longer evident.   EXTERIOR: the kiln is around 5m in height and the walls are around 11m long. The doorways are round-headed with a red brick architrave. The top of the southern doorway is damaged. The roof is earth-covered.     INTERIOR: the eastern chamber has a barrel-vaulted ceiling, which is constructed of brick in a heading bond, with a u-shaped metal bracket at its centre point. The end walls are coursed stone as are the side walls, up to around 1.5m in height. The wall that connects the two chambers has two, round-headed brick draw eyes set in a brick panel. The floor is formed of packed earth. The western chamber has probably been infilled with earth.