Chimney to former National Explosives nitric acid works is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 2019. Chimney.
Chimney to former National Explosives nitric acid works
- WRENN ID
- still-rood-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 2019
- Type
- Chimney
- Address
- Chimney to former National Explosives nitric acid works, Upton Towans, Hayle, Gwinear-Gwithian, TR27 5BJ
- OS grid reference
- SW 578 397
- Coordinates
- 50.20782, -5.3946
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chimney of the former nitric acid works was built in 1915. It is a cylindrical stack located approximately 30 meters southwest of the brick-built nitric acid works. The chimney stands about 21 meters high and is constructed of red brick, featuring a collared top and a stepped base. It was built to replace an earlier stack that was situated closer to the building.
Local climate
Chimney to former National Explosives nitric acid works receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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