Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Limekiln
Cosheston, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Folly House, Pembroke Dock, Cosheston, Pembrokeshire, designated on 12 September 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 12 September 1996
- Locality
- Folly House
- Town
- Pembroke Dock
- Community
- Cosheston
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.70747, -4.90427
- Cadw reference
- 17268
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 228 Haverfordwest (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
1 km NW of Cosheston Hall. It stands a short distance to the E side of Folly House, against higher ground to its E.
History
This kiln is marked on the Tithe Map of 1840, on Cosheston Hall estate. The kiln was sited to take limestone and coal landed from the estuary. Above it is a level area with access ramps and some terracing of the land, where stone and fuel were evidently stored. The site was called Limekiln Green and occupied by George Bowling; later occupiers were named Phillips. It was disused by the end of the century.
Exterior
The limekiln is semi-circular, about 6.5 m in diameter, and about 3.5 m in height. It is built of rubble local stone with neatly formed corbelled openings at the N and S sides. There are retaining walls extending from the kiln in wing form along the bank face. There are marks of a former shed over the S working hole and there was probably a shed over the N hole also, where there is presently a modern shed.
Interior
The interior of the kiln is about 2.8 m diameter and there are traces of a fireclay lining.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved early C19 estate limekiln.
Nearby in the register
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- Well and total immersion font in churchyard of Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Churchyard cross at Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.