Lime Kiln at Approx 12m South-West of Golden Gear and Kennel Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Lime kiln.
Lime Kiln at Approx 12m South-West of Golden Gear and Kennel Cottages
- WRENN ID
- twisted-floor-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Lime kiln
- OS grid reference
- SW 764 263
- Coordinates
- 50.0953, -5.12685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This lime kiln, located approximately 12 meters south-west of Golden Gear and Kennel Cottages, is likely from the 18th century, although a lime kiln is recorded at this site during the reign of Henry VIII. It features shale rubble walls that are slightly battered, with partly dressed granite quoins, and brick vaults and kiln lining. The structure is square in plan, with a vaulted tapered working area recessed on the south-west and north-east sides. It has a round kiln shaft with a conical base. The working bays, used for firing and emptying the kiln, are now obscured by 20th-century lean-tos, but the overall structure remains very complete. An embattled parapet surrounds the upper working area for loading the kiln. This kiln is considered one of the best examples of an 18th-century lime kiln in Cornwall, which was commonly used locally to neutralize the very acid soils.
Local climate
Lime Kiln at Approx 12m South-West of Golden Gear and Kennel Cottages receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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