Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/02/065

Address :
Lime Kiln, Ardminnan, Portaferry, Newtownards Co. Down.

Townland:
Ardminnan

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Rural Industry

Former Use
Rural Industry

Conservation Area:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
207/2

IG Ref:
J6390 5350

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Disused snecked rubble built lime kiln, with red brick dressings to fire area, set on the slope of a hill and now overgrown to the rear.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Built possibly in the mid nineteenth century, now disused. References- Secondary sources T. Ferris, ‘Lime Kilns of the Ards’ in Journal of the Upper Ards Historical Society No.2 (1978), P. 4.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Now disused lime kiln, partly overgrown.

General Comments

Date of Survey

08 September 1997