Chimney of Hoffmann Kiln, Eclipse Brickworks is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 October 1998. Chimney.
Chimney of Hoffmann Kiln, Eclipse Brickworks
- WRENN ID
- white-copper-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Llanelli MP: Dame Nia Griffith (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1998
- Type
- Chimney
- Address
- Chimney of Hoffmann Kiln, Eclipse Brickworks, Horeb, Llanelli, Llanelli Rural
- OS grid reference
- SN 500 052
- Coordinates
- 51.7262, -4.1719
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The chimney of the Hoffmann Kiln at Eclipse Brickworks is a notable structure, measuring approximately 2 to 3 meters square and standing about 30 meters tall with a slight taper. It is constructed from red bricks arranged in English Garden Wall bond. Each corner features strengthening angles, and there are tie straps placed at intervals of 20 courses. Near the top, a large cornice is formed by six corbelled courses. The base of the chimney has walls that are three bricks thick, which decrease in thickness with internal steps occurring at roughly 6-meter intervals. On the northern side at the base, there is a lighting opening. The chimney is linked to the kiln by a large underground flue, although no above-ground connection remains. Originally, the roof of the kiln extended to meet the chimney.
Local climate
Chimney of Hoffmann Kiln, Eclipse Brickworks sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 10 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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