Haddon Estate offers unique opportunity to help build a new permanent lime kiln

The Haddon Estate, near Bakewell, has been given planning permission by the Peak District National Park Authority to build a permanent lime kiln at the Estate Maintenance Yard in Rowsley. Haddon Estate has been offered a £13,765 grant by the Peak District National Park Authority’s Sustainable Development Fund to enable the work to take place.

The new kiln will be located not far from a temporary lime kiln (pictured) that was constructed in 2004 by the Estate, with guidance from Stafford Holmes of Rodney Melville and Partners. Since construction, the temporary kiln has been re-fired by Andy Lawson of Limecraft and Stafford Holmes as part of a College of the Peak day course on lime kilns. This temporary kiln was such a success, that Haddon Estate saw the benefit of a more permanent facility that would provide lime for mortars and renders to maintain and repair Haddon Hall and other Estate buildings in the future.  Materials used for the construction and operation of the lime kiln will be obtained locally from sustainable sources.

Andy Lawson will build the new kiln with assistance from volunteers and heritage skills trainees.

Planning will be starting soon – so if you would like to be involved on a voluntary level, or would like to know more about the project, then please email Mike Elliott at Haddon Estate.