Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/01/019

Address :
Lime Kilns, Waterfall Road, Carnlough, Ballymena Co Antrim

Townland:
Carnlough South

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:
25/06/1979 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
08/02/1990 00:00:00

Current Use:
Demolished

Former Use
Rural Industry

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Demolished

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OS Map No:
45/3

IG Ref:
D2817 1826

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Demolished and site remains vacant. Described in the first survey in 1970 as "A large structure of white limestone containing several kilns in semi-circular arched openings in receding orders. Two tapering brick flues remain; one has been demolished. There are cylindrical uprights built of white limestone with a little blackstone and brick."

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Built in 1857 by the Marchioness of Londonderry for commercial lime crushing and burning, but used for a short time only as their process was superseded by the pulverising roller method. One flue was demolished by 1970, followed by another by 1980; remainder cleared away by 1989; delisted in 1990. References – Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1903, Co Antrim 25. Secondary Sources 1. UAHS, Glens of Antrim (Belfast, 1971), pp 20, 26. 2. W.A. McCutcheon, The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland (HMSO, Belfast, 1980), p 186 and plate 138.4. 3. DOE (NI), Carnlough Conservation Area (1981). 4. F. Hamond, Antrim Coast and Glens: Industrial Heritage (HMSO, Belfast, 1991), pp 27 and 28. 5. IHR 6621.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Demolished and the site remains vacant.

General Comments

Date of Survey

28 November 2000