Survey Data
Reg No
40905525
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Social, Technical
Original Use
Kiln
Date
1840 - 1900
Coordinates
235710, 414543
Date Recorded
21/10/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding lime-burning kiln, built c. 1860, now ruinous and overgrown. Square plan. Uncoursed limestone rubble walling. Segmental-headed red brick arch over west facing fire opening, red brick to fireplace rear wall. Infilled with rubble, grassed-over. Adjacent road.
Appraisal
A good, although ruinous, example of the type. It offers insight into small scale local industry before the development of the rail network rendered it uneconomic and serves as a reminder of how lime burning was once one of the basic processes in all building work and as a fertiliser; as such it is an artefact of industrial heritage significance and, although long disused and partly reclaimed by the landscape, enhances the historic significance of the area.