Lime Kiln at Blaxton Quay is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1995. Industrial lime kiln.
Lime Kiln at Blaxton Quay
- WRENN ID
- stony-steeple-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1995
- Type
- Industrial lime kiln
- Address
- Lime Kiln at Blaxton Quay, Bickleigh
- OS grid reference
- SX 465 632
- Coordinates
- 50.44895, -4.16211
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lime kiln at Blaxton Quay is a disused structure dating from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. It is built from limestone rubble and features a rectangular plan that contains six half-round chambers. The kiln is a single-storey building with battered sides, two evenly spaced round-arched entrances at the front, and smaller arches located on each return. The upper surface, from which the six kilns were charged, is currently overgrown and inaccessible.
Inside, the kiln consists of six half-round kilns. The end two can be emptied through openings in the returns, while the other four open off each side of the large front arches. This kiln is notable for being an unusually large industrial lime kiln for the area and is reported to be the most substantial in the district. It was strategically located beside the quay to receive coal from South Wales, a practice more commonly seen in North Devon and Somerset.
Local climate
Lime Kiln at Blaxton Quay sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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