East Kilns at Aberthaw Lime and Cement Works is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 2004. Lime kilns. 1 related planning application.

East Kilns at Aberthaw Lime and Cement Works

WRENN ID
deep-cloister-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 September 2004
Type
Lime kilns
Address
East Kilns at Aberthaw Lime and Cement Works, Barry, Rhoose
OS grid reference
ST 038 661
Coordinates
51.38611, -3.38353
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The East Kilns at Aberthaw Lime and Cement Works are a pair of large lime kilns built from coursed quarry-faced local limestone rubble with red brick quoins. The kilns stand about 20 meters tall with battered walls, featuring two semi-circular openings on the west side and charge holes on top. They represent a significant advancement in the lime burning industry, capable of burning 300 tons of limestone at a time. The kilns were designed for automatic charging via a tramway and a tipping device, allowing waggon loads of lime and coal to be delivered directly to the charge holes. Inside, the kilns are lined with firebrick, and they have stone-lined tunnels and iron doors.

Local climate

East Kilns at Aberthaw Lime and Cement Works sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 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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