Limekiln at Cwrt Herbert is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 September 1999. Limekiln.
Limekiln at Cwrt Herbert
- WRENN ID
- night-newel-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 September 1999
- Type
- Limekiln
- Address
- Limekiln at Cwrt Herbert, Bishopston
- OS grid reference
- SS 586 883
- Coordinates
- 51.57644, -4.04176
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Limekiln at Cwrt Herbert is a single circular limekiln that stands at nearly full height. It features massive walls made of limestone set on a splayed plinth. Inside the kiln chamber, the walls are lined with red sandstone, and there is a fire-bar located at the base. There is a draw-arch on the northwest side, which includes a surviving floor and a draw-hole at the rear. On the northeast side, there is a recess that appears to be the draw-arch of an earlier kiln; the thick northern wall now serves as a retaining structure and seems to respect this former opening. The kiln was charged from the higher ground to the south, where the limestone was quarried. It has been recently restored.
Local climate
Limekiln at Cwrt Herbert sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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