Lime Kilns on Van Road is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 August 1993. Industrial.
Lime Kilns on Van Road
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1993
- Type
- Industrial
- Address
- Lime Kilns on Van Road, Rudry
- OS grid reference
- ST 177 861
- Coordinates
- 51.56823, -3.18767
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Lime Kilns on Van Road are a Grade II listed structure consisting of a kiln bank situated on sloping ground, designed to take advantage of the natural gradient for charging at the top and drawing at the bottom. The walls were originally faced with hammer-dressed stone, although most of this has been removed, leaving the core stonework exposed. On the downhill side, there are three semi-circular draw arches. These arches have been infilled with spoil, except on the right side where the cast iron lintel above the draw hole is still visible.
At the charging level, there is a single circular filling hole and a second, much wider filling hole with straight sides and rounded ends. This larger filling hole was likely created by combining two former circular kilns, and it is served by two draw holes.
Local climate
Lime Kilns on Van Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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