Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
10769
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/02/1979
Date of Amendment
31/01/1994
Name of Property
Retaining wall of Patent Slip
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
New Quay
Town
Locality
New Quay
Easting
239016
Northing
259915
Street Side
Location
Situated at SW side of harbour, adjoining the lifeboat house.
Description
Broad Class
Maritime
Period
History
c1863.
Exterior
Long rubble stone retaining wall sloping upwards from beach to the cliff behind. Rubble stone in large roughly dressed blocks with raking parapet wall of similar material. Behind is the sloping slipway onto which ships were hauled by the patent slip mechanism installed 1863 and dismantled 1901. In 4 cavities on front wall are 4 massive iron rings with attached chains.
The slip was used principally for repairing or lengthening ships and was equipped with a cradle on iron rails.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a prominent enclosing feature to S end of harbour beach, and of historical interest as part of the shipbuilding history of New Quay.
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