Limekiln is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1987. A Early C19 Limekiln.

Limekiln

WRENN ID
tattered-kitchen-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1987
Type
Limekiln
Address
Limekiln, Lower Kelly, Calstock
OS grid reference
SX 429 688
Coordinates
50.49826, -4.21529
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 19th-century limekiln located in Calstock, constructed from slatestone rubble. The kiln has a rectangular plan measuring approximately 10 metres by 5 metres and is built into the bank at the rear for top loading. It is situated close to the bank of the River Tamar, allowing for water transport. The kiln features a single round arch on the left, with stone dressings leading to a vault, and a stoke-hole located at the rear. A string course runs above the arch and continues around the sides, with rubble coping on the parapet.

Local climate

Limekiln 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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