Former Engine House and Fog Station at Bardsey Lighthouse, Aberdaron, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7499 / 52°44'59"N

Longitude: -4.7998 / 4°47'59"W

OS Eastings: 211129

OS Northings: 320595

OS Grid: SH111205

Mapcode National: GBR GPJF.G4G

Mapcode Global: WH33Z.74MP

Entry Name: Former Engine House and Fog Station at Bardsey Lighthouse

Listing Date: 29 March 1996

Last Amended: 26 June 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 17926

Building Class: Maritime

Location: West of the lighthouse tower, towards the western edge of the walled compound.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Aberdaron

Locality: Yr Enlli / Bardsey Island

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Probably built in 1883 when the optic was renewed as a rotative light. Designed according to a standard Trinity House model. Visible in 1886 John Thomas photograph.

Exterior

Former engine-house and fog-station. Lined-out whitewashed render. Single storeyed, the engine house is circular in plan, with a projecting rectangular porch. Massive moulded cornice and blocking course; hood moulds to all openings, including the double doors of the porch and the 5 windows, which are all mullioned and transomed, with the upper lights raked back. Projecting from the engine house to the S is a tall rectangular block with single doorway, the original fog station, replaced c1970 by a new building outside the compound.

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value with other buildings in important lighthouse complex.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

II Compound Walls at Bardsey Lighthouse
The walls define a large enclosure which contains the lighthouse and its associated buildings.
II Bardsey Island Lighthouse with attached keepers' house
On rising ground at the south end of the island, in a walled enclosure.
II 'New Keepers' Quarters' at Bardsey Lighthouse
SE of the lighthouse, within the walled enclosure which surrounds it.
II Stores Buildings at Bardsey Lighthouse
A group of 3 buildings close to the 'New Keepers' Quarters, and built against the S boundary wall of the compound.
II Ty Pellaf and Rhedynog Goch
The southernmost of the farms on the island, on the E side of the track some 500m NE of the slipway.
II Walls to Ty Pellaf and Rhedynog Goch
Garden walls surrounding Ty Pellaf and Rhedynog Goch.
II Walled Court to Rhedynog Goch and Ty Pellaf
Situated to SE of Ty Pellaf and Rhedynog Goch, some 500m NE of the slipway.
II Limekiln
Situated at intersection of main island track and track to Ty Pellaf and Rhedynog Goch.

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Former Engine House and Fog Station at Bardsey Lighthouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Aberdaron, Gwynedd

Coordinates

History

Exterior

Reasons for Listing

Recommended Books