Limekiln at Gwbert is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 March 1995. Lime kiln.
Limekiln at Gwbert
- WRENN ID
- calm-balcony-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1995
- Type
- Lime kiln
- Address
- Limekiln at Gwbert, Y Ferwig
- OS grid reference
- SN 158 502
- Coordinates
- 52.11956, -4.69063
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The limekiln at Gwbert is an early 19th-century circular structure made of rubblestone, built into a bank. It features two tall kiln eyes on the north and south sides, which are triangular and tapering on the inside. The crucible has been infilled.
Local climate
Limekiln at Gwbert sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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