Chimney at former Kidwelly Tinplate Works is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 July 1998. Industrial chimney.

Chimney at former Kidwelly Tinplate Works

WRENN ID
woven-facade-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Llanelli MP: Dame Nia Griffith (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 July 1998
Type
Industrial chimney
Address
Chimney at former Kidwelly Tinplate Works, Cwm Gwendraeth Fach
OS grid reference
SN 421 079
Coordinates
51.74779, -4.28762
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The structure is an industrial chimney located at the former Kidwelly Tinplate Works. It is made of red bricks sourced from Trimsaran and is lined with fire-bricks. The chimney features a tall octagonal base with opposed arches, and it has a stepped cornice at the top, leading to a tall tapering circular stack.

Local climate

Chimney at former Kidwelly Tinplate Works sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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