Limekiln on West Side of Woody Bay, South East of Woody Bay Cottages. is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Limekiln.

Limekiln on West Side of Woody Bay, South East of Woody Bay Cottages.

WRENN ID
sheer-terrace-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 April 1987
Type
Limekiln
Address
Limekiln on West Side of Woody Bay, South East of Woody Bay Cottages., Martinhoe, North Devon
OS grid reference
SS 676 489
Coordinates
51.22461, -3.89625
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century limekiln located on the west side of Woody Bay, southeast of Woody Bay Cottages. The structure is made of unrendered stone rubble and has a semi-circular shape, built into the bank. It features two semi-circular arched openings, known as swallows, which have rough stone voussoirs. The third swallow on the right side has been infilled with plank doors. The top of the well has also been infilled. The front of the limekiln includes a retaining wall and a parapet, both topped with rough upright stone capping, and there is a cobbled ramp leading up to it. The limekiln was refurbished in the 20th century.

Local climate

Limekiln on West Side of Woody Bay, South East of Woody Bay Cottages. sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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