Bilberry Pit Kiln Chimney at Sx 019599 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Kiln chimney.

Bilberry Pit Kiln Chimney at Sx 019599

WRENN ID
sombre-portal-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1987
Type
Kiln chimney
Address
Bilberry Pit Kiln Chimney at Sx 019599, Roche
OS grid reference
SX 019 598
Coordinates
50.40543, -4.78819
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bilberry Pit Kiln Chimney is a late 19th-century structure associated with a china clay drying process. It is built from granite rubble and brick, featuring a circular plan with a diameter of about 4 metres at the base. The chimney tapers upwards, with the lower stage made of granite and adorned with cast iron banding. The upper stage has a brick collar and a cornice. The rest of the drying facility is no longer standing.

Local climate

Bilberry Pit Kiln Chimney at Sx 019599 receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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