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Brockham Lime Works: lime kilns and hearthstone mine

England

List entry 1021322

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1021322

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.51 hectares

Grid reference

TQ 19836 51015

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Brockham Lime Works is a complex of industrial structures comprising lime kilns and associated quarrying remains located near Brockham in Surrey. The site dates primarily to the nineteenth century, when it was developed to exploit the local chalk deposits for lime production, a process essential for building mortar and agricultural use. The works include the physical remains of kilns and evidence of the hearthstone mine that supplied raw material, representing the industrial archaeology of Victorian-era lime manufacture in the Weald. The site survives as a significant record of nineteenth-century extractive industry and the landscape modifications undertaken to support local and regional building trades.

Brockham Lime Works: lime kilns and hearthstone mine is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021322. View the official record →

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What is Brockham Lime Works: lime kilns and hearthstone mine?

Brockham Lime Works is a complex of industrial structures comprising lime kilns and associated quarrying remains located near Brockham in Surrey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021322.

Who is responsible for protecting Brockham Lime Works: lime kilns and hearthstone mine?

Brockham Lime Works: lime kilns and hearthstone mine is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021322.

What other scheduled monuments are near Brockham Lime Works: lime kilns and hearthstone mine?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Betchworth Castle (1.2 km), Bowl barrow in The Glory Wood (3.6 km), Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road: part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery (3.9 km).

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Battlefields

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Roman Britain

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Betchworth Castle

1.2 km

Bowl barrow in The Glory Wood

3.6 km

Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road: part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery

3.9 km

Bowl barrow 70m north of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery

4 km

Bowl barrow 20m south of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery

4.1 km

Medieval moated site at Leigh Place

4.6 km

Bowl barrow on Milton Heath

5 km

Medieval undercroft between West Street and Slipshoe Street, Reigate

5.2 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Brockham Lime Works: lime kilns and hearthstone mine

Brockham Lime Works: lime kilns and hearthstone mine stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Brockham Lime Works: lime kilns and hearthstone mine

LondonRoman town · ~20.3 miles

Domesday entry for Betchworth, Surrey →

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