Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bank of Lime Kilns on S side of canal near Lime Kiln Cottage
Brecon, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 4 November 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 4 November 2005
- Date of amendment
- 30 April 2026
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94174, -3.37630
- Cadw reference
- 85802
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 213 Brecon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On N side of lane on S side of canal, to W of Limekiln Cottage.
History
Probably early C19.
Exterior
Long bank of limekilns. Red-brown stone. Arranged in alternating pairs of round-arched kilns and camber-headed smaller chambers. The bank of kilns is very overgrown but appears to consist of (from E end) two round-headed chambers, two camber-headed chambers; two round-headed chambers, two camber-headed chambers; another two round-headed chambers; a camber-headed doorway; then two more round-headed chambers near the W end.
Reason for designation
Impressive long bank of early C19 limekilns near canal.
Nearby in the register
- Sunny BarnDomesticunder 1 mi
- Camden CourtEducationunder 1 mi
- Barn at Sunny BarnAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Toll Gate CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.