Exterior

Mid C19 former pilot house, coursed slate slabs with imitation slate roof and brick north end stack. Small scale, one-room plan, built into side of hill with outside stairs up from east side to south end door. One small east side window, and one small north end window.

Probably early C19 well-preserved circular rubble stone lime-kiln built onto side of bank. Typical Dewisland type with opposed kiln eyes, the upper parts sloping in to stone slab lintels. Curving outside steps on N side up to flat top with infilled crucible.

Built on land belonging to Henllys farm and marked on 1887 OS map as ‘old limekiln’, this is one of the best preserved of the numerous coastal limekilns of N Pembrokeshire.

Scheduled Ancient Monument Pe 388.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with other listed and scheduled items at Porthgain village, some 15m NE of Kiln House.

Group value with other listed and scheduled items at Porthgain harbour.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29490663

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)