Festival of Britain beacon, Tenby, Pembrokeshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6684 / 51°40'6"N

Longitude: -4.704 / 4°42'14"W

OS Eastings: 213109

OS Northings: 200087

OS Grid: SN131000

Mapcode National: GBR GF.7WS0

Mapcode Global: VH2PS.FB1B

Plus Code: 9C3QM79W+9C

Entry Name: Festival of Britain beacon

Listing Date: 28 March 2002

Last Amended: 28 March 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 26328

ID on this website: 300026328

Location: Situated at beach end of South Beach car park, reached via Battery Road.

County: Pembrokeshire

Town: Tenby

Community: Tenby (Dinbych-y-pysgod)

Community: Tenby

Built-Up Area: Tenby

Traditional County: Pembrokeshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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History

C19 cast-iron gas lamp-standard with brazier on top said to have been erected on the Esplanade, and altered for the 1951 Festival of Britain. Moved later to the South Beach car park.

Exterior

Cast-iron tall column standard with fluted base and lower part of shaft, carrying bowl for beacon with torches around the rim. Moulded ring at foot, over base fluting, double ring above shaft fluting and double neck ring. Top is flared out to a vertical-sided bowl with 4 cast-iron antique torches attached to outside.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an unusual relic of the 1951 Festival of Britain.

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Festival of Britain beacon

A Grade II Listed Building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire