
What is recorded here
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.
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.
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
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