Single Limekiln, Port Kilcheran, Lismore is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 May 1993.

Single Limekiln, Port Kilcheran, Lismore

WRENN ID
kindled-plinth-cedar
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 May 1993
OS grid reference
NM 825 386
Coordinates
56.48934, -5.53333
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This cottage, located at Limekilns in Port Kilcheran, Lismore, was established between 1803 and 1804 by Bishop John Chisholm. It features a group of one single kiln and one double kiln, along with associated storage areas and a pier, all constructed from limestone rubble and raised at some point. The southwest single kiln is likely the older structure, rectangular in shape with two draw holes and pointed-arched drawholes, and it has undergone significant modifications. The northeast pair of kilns has beveled corners to the southeast, with two draw holes per kiln and depressed-arched openings, one draw hole from each kiln being in the bevel.

Inside, there are two vaulted storey rooms located in the abutment of the kilns, and there is a roofless lean-to extension on the northwest face. To the southeast, there is a large storehouse situated over the pier, which features a loading door at the seaward end, an asbestos roof, and a recently widened door at the northwest end.

Local climate

Single Limekiln, Port Kilcheran, Lismore sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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