Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/05/036

Address :
Lime kilns at 9 Ballywillin Road Glenoe Larne Co Antrim

Townland:
Ballywillin

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
19/12/2001 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Rural Industry

Former Use
Rural Industry

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
83/8

IG Ref:
J3974 9664

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A large stone structure with battered front and sides laid out on a rectangular plan, built into the side of a steep hill, facing north-east and containing a pair of arched kiln openings in its main front. Walls of basalt and white limestone rubble; segmental arches to openings constructed of brickwork in three recessed stages; splayed reveals to main kiln recesses; rusted iron beam to innermost openings with brick spandrels above. Rusted metal railings to parapet on top; top of structure overgrown with grass; both charging holes brick lined and still open; area of top fenced off. Setting: the kilns stand in the garden of a house, in a rural location on the edge of the village, set back a short distance form the main road and easily visible from it through the main gateway to the house and are seen against a background of a rough grassy hillside and mature trees.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Appears on OS map of 1832. References - Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1832, Co Antrim 46. Secondary Sources 1. IHR 7107.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

B. Proportion D. Plan Form

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A good intact example of multiple lime kilns , of impressive scale and easily viewed from a public road.

General Comments

Date of Survey

23 May 1998