No 2 Craiglas LIme Kiln is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 April 1996. Industrial structure.
No 2 Craiglas LIme Kiln
- WRENN ID
- veiled-cornice-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1996
- Type
- Industrial structure
- Address
- No 2 Craiglas LIme Kiln, Llansantffraed
- OS grid reference
- SN 518 683
- Coordinates
- 52.29325, -4.17339
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
No 2 Craiglas Lime Kiln is part of a group of four lime kilns built into a bank, connected by rubble stone walls that support the bank. The kilns are made of rubble stone and are approximately 4 meters high, with an unusual rectangular shape. All kilns have open crucibles that are in poor condition.
Kiln 1, located to the southwest, measures about 7 meters deep and 8 meters wide. It features three tall kiln eyes that are triangular and tapering, standing 2.5 meters high at the front and 2 meters deep. The walled bank extends northeast for approximately 9 meters to kiln 2, which is similar in size to kiln 1 and has similar kiln eyes, but includes rough rubble stone buttresses on each side of the western corner.
Continuing northeast for about 7 meters, kiln 3 is similar to kiln 1 but has a rough rubble stone buttress on the northwest side of the western corner. Kiln 3 shares a large kiln eye with kiln 4, which is only 1 meter away. Kiln 4 is smaller than the other three, measuring only 5 meters wide, and has a rough rubble stone buttress on the northeast side of the northern corner.
Southeast of kiln 1 is a walled enclosure made of rubble stone, measuring approximately 10 meters by 10 meters and standing 3 meters high. The wall is 0.5 meters thick and features a large gate of spear-headed iron railings on the northeast side.
Additionally, there are several stone and timber structures on the beach that may have served as quays or shelters for boats unloading lime.
Local climate
No 2 Craiglas LIme Kiln sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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