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ID:SDV323265
Title:Weare Giffard
Originator:Department of Environment
Date:1960
Summary:Halspill Lime Kiln. Lime kiln. Built for Lord Rolle, c. 1823-4. Coursed and roughly dressed slatestone rubble. Kiln has brick semi-circular arches over openings and earth ramp to first-floor level. One of a group of lime kilns built along the river Torridge, part of a project financed by Lord Rolle: the limestone was brought from the Gower Peninsula and Caldy Island for use on local farms.

Associated Monuments (3)

MDV74237Granary, Great Huxhill, Weare Gifford (Building)
MDV74221Great Huxhill Farmhouse, Weare Gifford (Building)
MDV530Halspill Limekilns, Weare Gifford (Monument)