Chimney at Lovering's China Clay Dry, Charlestown is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 2018. Chimney.
Chimney at Lovering's China Clay Dry, Charlestown
- WRENN ID
- tilted-bronze-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 2018
- Type
- Chimney
- Address
- Chimney at Lovering's China Clay Dry, Charlestown, St. Austell Bay, PL25 3NX
- OS grid reference
- SX 039 518
- Coordinates
- 50.33394, -4.7567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chimney at Lovering's China Clay Dry in Charlestown was built by Lovering & Company between 1906 and 1907 and opened in 1908. It features a cylindrical design and is located at the north-west corner of the former china clay dry, known as Lovering’s dry. The chimney stands approximately 120 feet high and is primarily constructed of granite, although it was noted in 1909 that it was built from concrete blocks sourced from Pentewan, with a brick top. The chimney has moulded sections at two-thirds of its height and a collared top, and it is banded with iron straps.
Local climate
Chimney at Lovering's China Clay Dry, Charlestown receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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