Chilsworthy Brick Kilns and Chimney is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1987. Brick kilns.

Chilsworthy Brick Kilns and Chimney

WRENN ID
odd-timber-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1987
Type
Brick kilns
Address
Chilsworthy Brick Kilns and Chimney, Calstock
OS grid reference
SX 417 718
Coordinates
50.52519, -4.23462
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Chilsworthy brick kilns and chimney are a pair of brick kilns and a chimney, likely starting operations after 1906 and served by railway by 1914. They are constructed from slatestone rubble with granite and brick dressings. The kilns follow a Hoffman design, consisting of two sets of rectangular kilns, with the chimney located about 10 metres to the west. To the east, there are machine houses and drying sheds with offices, which have undergone significant alterations; the railway ran along the northern edge of the site. The claypits are situated to the south, previously connected by a tramway over the road.

The kilns are rectangular in shape, featuring battered walls made of slatestone and granite rubble, with brick quoins. Each side has six narrow round arches with brick heads, while the front of each kiln has larger round arches also with brick heads. Inside, the kilns are vaulted and include ventilation holes along the top of the roof. The chimney, made of slatestone rubble with a granite plinth and granite quoins, is circular and tapered, topped with brick and a cornice. At the base of the chimney, there is a round-arched inspection hole and an arch inside that previously led to an underground flue. This site is noted as the most complete brickworks in the area, utilizing the Hoffman continuous process.

Local climate

Chilsworthy Brick Kilns and Chimney sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 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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