Limekiln is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1985. Limekiln.
Limekiln
- WRENN ID
- late-pier-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1985
- Type
- Limekiln
- Address
- Limekiln, Liskeard
- OS grid reference
- SX 235 641
- Coordinates
- 50.45059, -4.48634
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limekiln, dating from around the mid-19th century, is a disused structure located in Moorswater, Liskeard. It is built from rubblestone and features cut stone round arches at the openings on the front, northeast, and sides on the northwest and southeast. The building has a flat top and a rectangular plan, with the East Looe River running behind it. The openings leading into two cylindrical chambers have deeply splayed reveals, although these chamber openings are currently blocked. A rubblestone dividing wall at the rear appears to be a later addition. The entrance is located on the right side, and there is a partition for machinery, including a water wheel at the back. The remains of an undershot water wheel and the gear that drove a winch are still present; this winch was used to haul wagons containing limestone and culm up a tramroad incline to the top of the limekiln. The winch features a friction drive, and there are remnants of a brake and part of the wheel. At the time of inspection, the site was heavily overgrown.
Local climate
Limekiln sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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