Former Lifeboat House, Tenby, Pembrokeshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6721 / 51°40'19"N

Longitude: -4.6952 / 4°41'42"W

OS Eastings: 213729

OS Northings: 200473

OS Grid: SN137004

Mapcode National: GBR GF.7RHZ

Mapcode Global: VH2PS.K7PJ

Plus Code: 9C3QM8C3+RW

Entry Name: Former Lifeboat House

Listing Date: 28 March 2002

Last Amended: 28 March 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 26337

Building Class: Maritime

ID on this website: 300026337

Location: Situated on N side of approach to Castle Beach.

County: Pembrokeshire

Town: Tenby

Community: Tenby (Dinbych-y-pysgod)

Community: Tenby

Built-Up Area: Tenby

Traditional County: Pembrokeshire

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History

Former lifeboat house, 1895 by W T Douglas, architect and engineer to the RNLI, used only for a short time before being replaced by the lifeboat-house on the N side of Castle Hill in 1905. It cost £525, William Davies was the contractor. The stone slipway to the E has been removed. This lifeboat house replaced one immediately behind, built c1862, which replaced the one in the Harbour of c1852.

Exterior

Former lifeboat-house, rock-faced grey limestone with imitation slates to eaves roof. Single-storey building with broad opening each end, the seaward end blocked-in and rendered. Landward end has original big 4-leaf folding doors, the jambs corbelled in at tops to carry steel lintel. Side wall has 3 elliptical-arched recesses with stone voussoirs to arches, square piers between and tooled leading edges to stonework. Recesses have rock-faced chamfered plinths and each frame a small cambered-headed window with stone voussoirs. Three-light glazing with top-lights. Rock-faced stone sills. Three iron vents below sills, and three between arch-heads and eaves. Centre 1895 plaque. Seaward gable end has a similar window above blocked exit.

Interior

Three-bay pine roof with wishbone trusses

Reasons for Listing

Included as a C19 lifeboat house of historic interest.

External Links

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Former Lifeboat House

A Grade II Listed Building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire