Waytown Limekilns is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1993. Limekilns.
Waytown Limekilns
- WRENN ID
- pale-steeple-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1993
- Type
- Limekilns
- Address
- Waytown Limekilns, Holcombe Rogus
- OS grid reference
- ST 070 189
- Coordinates
- 50.9625, -3.32518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Waytown Limekilns is a row of five limekilns, likely constructed between 1810 and 1814 for the Great Western Canal. They are made of limestone rubble with brick used in the kiln chambers. The kilns that face the canal feature segmental-headed arches, with lower arches flanked by three tall arches.
Local climate
Waytown Limekilns receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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