Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Polot House
Llanrhian, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 4 February 1991
- Locality
- Porthgain
- Community
- Llanrhian
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94895, -5.18308
- Cadw reference
- 12434
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at northern end of western quay at Porthgain harbour.
Exterior
Mid C19 former pilot house, coursed slate slabs with imitation slate roof and brick north end stack. Small scale, one-room plan, built into side of hill with outside stairs up from east side to south end door. One small east side window, and one small north end window.
Probably early C19 well-preserved circular rubble stone lime-kiln built onto side of bank. Typical Dewisland type with opposed kiln eyes, the upper parts sloping in to stone slab lintels. Curving outside steps on N side up to flat top with infilled crucible.
Built on land belonging to Henllys farm and marked on 1887 OS map as ‘old limekiln’, this is one of the best preserved of the numerous coastal limekilns of N Pembrokeshire.
Scheduled Ancient Monument Pe 388.
Reason for designation
Group value with other listed and scheduled items at Porthgain village, some 15m NE of Kiln House.
Group value with other listed and scheduled items at Porthgain harbour.
Nearby in the register
- Porthgain Quarry and HarbourQuarryunder 1 mi
- Limekiln adjoining Kiln HouseIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Ty Mawr, PorthgainAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Navigation Beacon on headland to E. of entry to Porthgain HarbourMaritimeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.