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
11763
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
15/11/1993  
Date of Amendment
15/11/1993  
Name of Property
Boating Pool Lodge in Singleton Park  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Swansea  
Community
Sketty  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
262716  
Northing
191535  
Street Side
E  
Location
On corner of Mumbles Road and Sketty Lane.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Early C19 lodge. Said to be a design of P F Robinson (1776-1858), which appears in his ‘Designs for Lodges and Park Entrances’ 1833, but lodge appears on OS 25" 1st Edition map with different plan to present, and is probably extended to N.  

Exterior
One-and-a-half storey lodge, narrow central block with gabled crosswings; brown rubble, tiled roof, stone chimneys; windows boarded up at time of inspection. Two diagonally-set stone chimney stacks, and square stack to N. W front has two asymmetrical gables each with small first floor window; broader ground floor window to L gable, splayed bay window to R gable; window between gable. Store with monopitch roof to N. To S, open gabled porch (trellis to sides), arched porch doorway, arched entrance doorway with panelled door; window to L of porch. To east, south gable has square bay window with monopitch roof; north gable overgrown with ivy; modern brick infill between gables  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
 

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