Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lime kiln on S side of Garth Road
Cwmbran Central, Torfaen, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cwmbran, Cwmbran Central, Torfaen, designated on 31 October 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 31 October 2003
- Locality
- Cwmbran
- Town
- Cwmbran
- Community
- Cwmbran Central
- Unitary authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.63987, -3.03142
- Cadw reference
- 82034
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the S side of Garth Road some 200m SE of Glan-y-nant farm.
History
Early C19 lime kiln of the local Monmouthshire type, rectangular in plan with two kiln eyes. Restored June 1988 by Cwmbran Community Council.
Exterior
Lime kiln, rectangular plan, built into a bank with walls of rough rubble stone. Two large kiln-eyes to the longer N side, segmental arches with dressed stone voussoirs and short piers to centre and each side. Crucible has been infilled. Restoration in C20 included sloping coping to central pier, low curving castellated rubble stone wall to front, metal grilles to kiln eyes and flat coping to top of wall.
Reason for designation
Included as the remains of a substantial lime-kiln, of industrial archaeological interest.
Nearby in the register
- Glan-y-nant FarmDomesticunder 1 mi
- Aqueduct over Dowlais Brook on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal (partly in the Llantarnam community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Aqueduct over Dowlais Brook on Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, partly in Cwmbran Central CommunityNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Canal bridge at Top Lock on Monmouthshire and Brecon CanalNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.