Limekiln is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1998. Limekiln.

Limekiln

WRENN ID
spare-belfry-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 May 1998
Type
Limekiln
Address
Limekiln, Pont Garreg-Hylldrem, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 618 432
Coordinates
52.96889, -4.05881
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This early limekiln, likely built in the late 18th century or early 19th century, is constructed from unmortared boulders and stands approximately 3 meters high and 3.5 meters square. It features rectangular tapering openings on the east and west sides. The top is flat and has slab coping, with a large central crucible that is conical in shape and lined with small rough-dressed rubble blocks.

Local climate

Limekiln sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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