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
11655
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/03/1987
Date of Amendment
30/03/1987
Name of Property
Former Pilot House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Waterfront / Y Glannau
Town
Locality
Easting
266379
Northing
192577
Street Side
Location
At pierhead on W bank of River Tawe and downstream at entry to S Dock.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Later C19 (possibly ca1880).
Exterior
Compact 2 storey red brick structure with tall crenellated (outlook?) tower to N end. Slate roofs (stripped at time of inspection). Segmental arched window heads to 1st floor, lunettes to ground floor, fixed small-pane glazing. Brace-plates to tower top; plinth, outside stair with ironwork handrail to 1st floor boarded doors. Small 1 storey gabled extension to S end. Boarded interior to upper room with panelled doors.
Undergoing restoration at time of inspection (May 1986).
Interior
Reason for designation
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