Kiln and Retaining Wall to Charging Ramp is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1987. Kiln.
Kiln and Retaining Wall to Charging Ramp
- WRENN ID
- errant-stone-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1987
- Type
- Kiln
- Address
- Kiln and Retaining Wall to Charging Ramp, Gulworthy
- OS grid reference
- SX 445 697
- Coordinates
- 50.50698, -4.19294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The kiln and retaining wall to the charging ramp, located in Morwellham, date from the early 19th century. The structure is built of rubble and features a round-fronted kiln with a charging ramp on the right side. There is a round-arched drawing-hole at the front and a side opening for draught. The walls of the ramp are approximately 4 metres high and about 6 metres long.
Local climate
Kiln and Retaining Wall to Charging Ramp sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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