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

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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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