Limekiln is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 January 1978. Limekiln.

Limekiln

WRENN ID
dusk-window-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 January 1978
Type
Limekiln
Address
Limekiln, Aberystwyth
OS grid reference
SN 582 812
Coordinates
52.4104, -4.086
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Limekiln is a 19th-century square rubble structure built against the sea wall embankment. It features voussoir arched splayed openings on three sides, which are concealed by a lean-to on the southeast side. The top of the building has been covered over and infilled.

Local climate

Limekiln sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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