Lime Kilns at Bryn Mawr (Aberdo Quarry) is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 November 2000. Lime kiln.

Lime Kilns at Bryn Mawr (Aberdo Quarry)

WRENN ID
leaning-mantel-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Flintshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 November 2000
Type
Lime kiln
Address
Lime Kilns at Bryn Mawr (Aberdo Quarry), Waen Y Brodlas, Brynford
OS grid reference
SJ 185 731
Coordinates
53.24933, -3.22151
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The lime kilns at Bryn Mawr, located at Aberdo Quarry, are a full-height structure facing west, built from large blocks of grey stone. The second kiln from the left appears to be the oldest; it is set back slightly and is partially ruined, with missing voussoirs but the stone soffit of the draw-hole tunnel visible behind a pile of spoil. The shaft of this kiln is partly exposed and features a fire-brick lining. The two kilns on either side belong to a later phase, with the left kiln built at a slight angle to the others. Both draw-hole tunnels have round-arched heads made of stone voussoirs and stone soffits, with small flues at the back that retain ironwork and have partially missing brick arched heads. The right kiln has domed brickwork above its flue.

To the right of these kilns is a butt joint followed by another pair of kilns that feature wide brick arched heads at their draw-hole tunnels. The soffits of these tunnels are made of brick and are supported by stone side walls. Each tunnel has a stone rear wall that contains a flue with a cast iron lintel and a pair of cast iron damper doors above.

The high tapering southern end wall of the kilns has two cast iron tie plates, while the northern end wall is stepped and partly eroded. Fragments of a low rear wall can be seen at the upper level, and the tops of three shafts, all lined with brick, are visible.

Local climate

Lime Kilns at Bryn Mawr (Aberdo Quarry) receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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