Atcherley Lime Kilns is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 April 1998. Industrial kiln.

Atcherley Lime Kilns

WRENN ID
grey-ledge-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 April 1998
Type
Industrial kiln
Address
Atcherley Lime Kilns, Minera
OS grid reference
SJ 261 517
Coordinates
53.05811, -3.10327
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Atcherley Lime Kilns are rectangular industrial structures made of coursed squared stone, built into the slope of a hill. The left front wall is in serious decay, leaving only two of the original three kiln eyes visible. The kilns were originally about 20 meters wide and 8 meters high, with retaining walls on either side. There is a large supporting buttress immediately to the right of the central kiln eye, and three iron girders are located in the wall above and to the left of the kiln eye on the right. The kiln eyes measure approximately 2.5 meters wide and 3 meters high, featuring semi-circular arches made of cut stone. Inside, the kilns are 3 meters deep, tapering to 2 meters high at the back, and they retain ironwork for stoking holes and crucible access. The open round crucibles are about 3 meters wide and 7 meters deep, lined with small yellow fire bricks. The crucible on the left is in deteriorating condition as of 1997. There are also remains of a small building to the right rear, which may have been a lime-burner's hut.

Local climate

Atcherley Lime Kilns receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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