Lime Kilns at SW 777 387 NE is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Lime kilns.
Lime Kilns at SW 777 387 NE
- WRENN ID
- deep-chapel-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1986
- Type
- Lime kilns
- Address
- Lime Kilns at SW 777 387 NE, Perranarworthal
- OS grid reference
- SW 778 387
- Coordinates
- 50.20676, -5.11504
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lime kilns, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, are constructed from shale rubble with dressed stone, featuring nearly round arches and vaults. They are built into a slope at the rear (north) with a main doorway facing south and smaller entrances on each side wall. The structure is rectangular and contains two kilns. The tall main doorway leads into a barrel vaulted passage that connects to a central working area, with access to half dome vaults on either side where lime was removed after burning. To the south, there are remains of masonry that once supported an overhead gantry used for unloading limestone or coal from barges or small boats onto the working platform above the kilns. The lime kilns were first mentioned in 1899, indicating they were already disused by that time, and they must have predated the bridge and turnpike road built in 1828.
Local climate
Lime Kilns at SW 777 387 NE receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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