Lime Kilns is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 June 1998. Museum, coffee shop.

Lime Kilns

WRENN ID
ragged-buttress-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
11 June 1998
Type
Museum, coffee shop
Address
Lime Kilns, Froncysyllte, Llangollen, Llangollen Rural
OS grid reference
SJ 275 411
Coordinates
52.96297, -3.08064
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This structure consists of a battery of six large lime kilns built into a steep escarpment between the canal and the A5 road. The kilns are supported by a high retaining wall made of roughly squared and coursed limestone, although the central section has been repaired using concrete. The easternmost access arch is pointed and features three brick voussoir rings. The next two access arches are segmental in shape. The three western access arches are all blocked and are round-headed, each with a single ring of stone voussoirs. It is worth noting that much of the retaining wall over the two westernmost kilns has collapsed.

Local climate

Lime Kilns receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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