Lime Kiln, Ballydock, Portaferry, Co Down is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Lime Kiln, Ballydock, Portaferry, Co Down
- WRENN ID
- grey-pavement-coral
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 606 474
- Coordinates
- 54.35006, -5.52936
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a disused lime kiln, likely built in the mid-19th century, possibly between 1840 and 1859. Constructed of snecked rubble, it is built into a slight bank and is currently in poor order. The kiln is situated near the coastline, within a field to the south of Barr Hall Road, approximately three miles south of Portaferry. The front face features a central opening resembling a fireplace, which is now partly collapsed. The front and side walls are slightly battered, while the rear face is hidden by an earth access ramp. The main walls may have been reduced in height. The lime kiln is of industrial archaeological interest and is recorded as derelict. References include a 1978 article by T. Ferris, "Lime Kilns of the Ards," published in the Journal of the Upper Ards Historical Society No.2, page 4.
Local climate
Lime Kiln, Ballydock, Portaferry, Co Down receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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 0.2°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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