Limekiln is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. Limekiln.
Limekiln
- WRENN ID
- knotted-basalt-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- Limekiln
- Address
- Limekiln, Gooseford Lane, St. John
- OS grid reference
- SX 410 538
- Coordinates
- 50.36295, -4.23648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limekiln is an 18th-century structure made of slatestone rubble, featuring a rectangular plan and standing about 15 feet high with a double cell. It has battered walls, and the west front includes a central round-arched opening that leads to a vaulted chamber. There are half-arches to the rear right and left, supported by slatestone relieving arches, which cover conical kilns. The front entrance arch is partially hidden by corrugated iron. Both the left and right sides have round-arched access openings that are splayed inwards, providing access to the stoking hole for the kiln. Attached to the right is a wall that encloses an additional bay with a wide front opening, which is roofless. This limekiln is an unusually complete example of its type.
Local climate
Limekiln sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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