Pair of Lime Kilns Approximately 200 Metres to East of Watersmeet House is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Lime kiln.
Pair of Lime Kilns Approximately 200 Metres to East of Watersmeet House
- WRENN ID
- leaning-rotunda-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1988
- Type
- Lime kiln
- OS grid reference
- SS 746 486
- Coordinates
- 51.22308, -3.79633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of disused lime kilns, likely built in the late 18th century or early 19th century. They are constructed from coursed sandstone rubble and are located on the south-east bank of the River East Lyn, approximately 200 metres east of Watersmeet House. The kiln to the south-west features a tapered square opening with a segmental stone arch at the rear and a large inverted conical opening at the top. It also has semi-corbelled openings, a large cylindrical opening at the top, and a square stack to the side. The kilns were likely supplied with limestone that arrived by sea from the South dales. Watersmeet House is situated in Countisbury civil parish.
Local climate
Pair of Lime Kilns Approximately 200 Metres to East of Watersmeet House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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