Limekilns at St 055 170 is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1988. Limekilns.
Limekilns at St 055 170
- WRENN ID
- peeling-marble-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1988
- Type
- Limekilns
- Address
- Limekilns at St 055 170, Burlescombe
- OS grid reference
- ST 055 170
- Coordinates
- 50.94473, -3.34615
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The limekilns at Burlescombe Westleigh, likely built in the early 19th century, are constructed from stone rubble with brick kiln vats. They consist of a set of three limekilns situated across a steep slope facing southeast. On the left, there is an oblong block containing two kilns, both designed to be raked out from the front. To the right, another kiln is set at a different angle. Each kiln features segmental-headed outer arches that step down and inwards, along with two similar arches for the raking out holes leading to the brick-lined vat. The kilns were designed to be loaded from the top of the hillslope. This site is part of a group of limekilns near the Westleigh Quarry, which continues to produce limestone.
Local climate
Limekilns at St 055 170 receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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