Lime Kiln is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1994. Lime kiln.

Lime Kiln

WRENN ID
odd-chalk-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1994
Type
Lime kiln
Address
Lime Kiln, the Wharf, Porthleven
OS grid reference
SW 627 256
Coordinates
50.08389, -5.31735
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lime kiln, built in 1816 for Archibald Blair, is located on the west side of The Wharf in Porthleven. It is constructed from lime-washed rubble and has a semicircular shape, built against a retaining wall of the loading platform. There is a small doorway on the right-hand side.

Local climate

Lime Kiln receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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