Lime Kiln at Sx 9390 5665 is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1993. Lime kiln.

Lime Kiln at Sx 9390 5665

WRENN ID
calm-bastion-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torbay
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1993
Type
Lime kiln
Address
Lime Kiln at Sx 9390 5665, Berry Head Road, Brixham
OS grid reference
SX 939 566
Coordinates
50.40031, -3.49402
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lime kiln, built in 1809, was constructed to provide lime for a military hospital. It is made of roughly coursed and squared Devonian limestone rubble and is located in a quarry above the Berry Head Hotel to the southeast. The kiln features a wedge-shaped opening with a rounded arch made of voussoirs. Inside, the structure has a semicircular shape with a corbelled roof. There is a small rectangular aperture in the rear wall at ground level and a large round hole on top, which is accessible from a higher quarry.

Local climate

Lime Kiln at Sx 9390 5665 receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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