Former Limekiln and Archway on Foreshore is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1958. Limekiln. 1 related planning application.
Former Limekiln and Archway on Foreshore
- WRENN ID
- salt-hearth-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1958
- Type
- Limekiln
- Address
- Former Limekiln and Archway on Foreshore, Clovelly
- OS grid reference
- SS 318 248
- Coordinates
- 50.99862, -4.39804
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former limekiln and archway on the foreshore in Clovelly dates from the 19th century. It features a curving rubble wall at the front. To the left, there is a small low door opening with a wooden gate added in the 20th century, which has a cambered head with brick dressings. To the right, there is a large opening with a pointed arch that has paired 20th-century wooden gates. The interior of the kiln is circular and lined with brick, remaining open at the top. Additionally, the inside of the left door opening includes a brick-lined blow-hole opening.
Local climate
Former Limekiln and Archway on Foreshore sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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