Northern Lime-Kiln Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 February 1996. Lime-kiln.
Northern Lime-Kiln Bank
- WRENN ID
- rooted-barrel-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1996
- Type
- Lime-kiln
- Address
- Northern Lime-Kiln Bank, Belan, Welshpool
- OS grid reference
- SJ 217 053
- Coordinates
- 52.64017, -3.15764
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Northern Lime-Kiln Bank consists of a group of lime-kilns built in phases from the late 18th century to the mid 19th century, with the earliest kilns (Nos 5 and 6) likely constructed around the time the canal opened in 1797, followed by kilns 7 and 8 around 1800.
The structure features a rubble retaining wall that curves around kilns 5 and 6, enclosing a cart loading area, and is stepped back from a thickened base. The steep arches have rough stone voussoir heads, and the tunnels are fully stone lined, connected by a cross-passage in front of the drawing holes. While the drawing holes are visible in kiln 6, they are obscured in kiln 5, and the cones are not visible in either kiln, likely having collapsed.
Kilns 7 and 8 are positioned forward of the earlier pair, featuring a rubble raked-back retaining wall and voussoir heads to segmental arches. The brick-lined tunnels lead back to the drawing holes, but these are also obscured by the charge from the collapsed cones.
This site is recognized as part of an important complex of lime-kilns, representing the largest single group of kilns on the Montgomeryshire Canal, which together demonstrate the development of lime-kiln technology from the late 18th century to the mid 19th century.
Local climate
Northern Lime-Kiln Bank 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 greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings