We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
Latitude: 53.0012 / 53°0'4"N
Longitude: -1.9198 / 1°55'11"W
OS Eastings: 405477
OS Northings: 344877
OS Grid: SK054448
Mapcode National: GBR 37B.TP1
Mapcode Global: WHBCY.HT0L
Plus Code: 9C5W232J+F3
Entry Name: Retaining wall to lime kilns at SK0547 4486
Listing Date: 27 February 2003
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1096063
English Heritage Legacy ID: 490029
ID on this website: 101096063
Location: Oakamoor, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, ST10
County: Staffordshire
District: Staffordshire Moorlands
Civil Parish: Oakamoor
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Oakamoor Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Retaining wall
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 15 January 2021 to reformat the text to current standards
1757/0/10006
OAKAMOOR
Retaining wall to lime kilns at SK0547 4486
27-FEB-03
II
Revetment wall to limekilns. c1806. Coursed and roughly dressed sandstone, with ashlar blocks to coping, archivolts and buttresses. Retaining wall approximately 20m long and 7m high, buttressed by six inclined sections on the principal west elevation and with a short return top the north west elevation has two semi-circular arched stoke holes, set between pairs of inclined sections.
HISTORY: constructed in association with the Uttoxeter Canal, which ferried lime from nearby Cauldon Lowe to the Potteries. Lime burning here was terminated in 1860 by the owner Eli Bowers, who had commenced activities at Froghall in 1858.
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
