Limekiln is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 September 2001. Limekiln.
Limekiln
- WRENN ID
- brooding-mortar-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 12 September 2001
- Type
- Limekiln
- Address
- Limekiln, Prestatyn
- OS grid reference
- SJ 071 820
- Coordinates
- 53.32736, -3.39583
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Limekiln is a square-fronted structure, approximately 7 meters high and 8 meters wide, built from local limestone. It features a single working archway at the front, which is set beneath a deep segmental arch with a span of about 2.5 meters. The recess has stone side walls and a brick front. There is a firing hole located below and a draw hole above, which is supported by a cast iron beam.
Local climate
Limekiln sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
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