Limekiln Adjoining North East Side of Vention Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. A C19 Limekiln. 2 related planning applications.

Limekiln Adjoining North East Side of Vention Cottage

WRENN ID
solitary-joist-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1985
Type
Limekiln
Address
Limekiln Adjoining North East Side of Vention Cottage, EX33 1LD
OS grid reference
SS 448 409
Coordinates
51.14658, -4.21938
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This early 19th century limekiln adjoins the north-east side of Vention Cottage. Constructed of stone rubble, it has a square plan and a large round arched opening to the front. A well has been infilled and incorporated as a pond within a garden terrace that sits above the limekiln.

Local climate

Limekiln Adjoining North East Side of Vention Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% 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 0.3°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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