Walls and Kilns above Furnace Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 March 1997. Industrial heritage site.
Walls and Kilns above Furnace Bank
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-frieze-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1997
- Type
- Industrial heritage site
- Address
- Walls and Kilns above Furnace Bank, Kilgetty Ironworks, Kilgetty, Kilgetty/Begelly
- OS grid reference
- SN 140 073
- Coordinates
- 51.73381, -4.69414
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Walls and Kilns above Furnace Bank are a Grade II listed structure. Located at the rear of the Furnace Bank platform, there is a high retaining wall made of local sandstone rubble that extends for some distance to the north and south. Historical maps from 1888 and 1906 indicate that railway sidings were present both above and below this retaining wall. The platform in front of the wall was used for storing and preparing materials for the furnaces.
At the northern end of the platform, there is a single oval kiln or calcining oven, which has its access arch facing south towards a vaulted space. The pit of this kiln is a cubical space measuring approximately 1.25 meters square.
Additionally, there is a set of six limekilns, constructed from local sandstone and lined with firebrick. The front wall of the kilns is battered with rounded corners and remains at its full height, although the top is not accessible. These kilns do not appear to be bonded to the large retaining wall at the back. Each working arch is similar, spanning about 3 meters, with an elliptical shape made from specially shaped voussoir firebricks. One of the kilns contains a mass of lime, while the interiors of the kilns are in a ruinous state. On the northern side of the kilns, there is a small bothy for workers, which includes a doorway and a window.
Local climate
Walls and Kilns above Furnace Bank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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