History

Dry dock is shown to present outline on 1858 map, where the length is given as 406 feet and width 91 feet. An 1832 plan in Public Record office shows a smaller 250 feet dry dock (ADM/140/429). There are records of the dock being enlarged 1858-61. (The Builder 9/1/1858, 9/3/1861).

Exterior

Mid C19 dry dock, originally constructed c1820 but thoroughly remodelled in mid C19. Large scale with stepped sides of limestone ashlar and granite copings. Five steps (or 'altars') and one broad lowest step and three sets of steps down each side alternating with three chutes. Seaward end is narrowed with battered walls and slot for securing caisson. Ashlar quay wall extends each side, to No 2 Slip to W and Western Camber to E. S end narrows in with flights of steps down each side, that to E covered or removed for roadway. E end has been extended back in mass concrete, and accommodates (1993) former caisson, a steel-plated timber decked vessel formerly floated and lowered across dock entry.

Some 12 bollards each side all made by Sturges and Co, Bowling Ironworks, Bradford. Some damaged capstans, one to NE, one each side at S end, made by H. Grissell of Regents Park Ironworks, London ?1859.

Reasons for Listing

Grade II* for its national importance as the best surviving dry dock in the Dockyard. Group value with other listed structures in Pembroke Dockyard.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q17743235

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]