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
14392
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/01/1974
Date of Amendment
18/02/1994
Name of Property
Building Slip No 2
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Pembroke Dock
Town
Locality
The Dockyard
Easting
195783
Northing
203960
Street Side
Location
Situated at NW end of dockyard, between Slip No 1 and Graving Dock.
Description
Broad Class
Maritime
Period
History
Slips Nos 1 and 2 were added after 1841 and before 1847-9 when the iron roofs were constructed by George Baker and Son (Report on Navy estimates House of Commons 28/7/1848). The length in 1858 was 265 feet, but 1877 map gives 310 feet.
Exterior
Circa 1845 shipbuilding slip, one of 4 remaining from the 13 listed in 1981. Limestone ashlar sides with granite copings, concrete bottom. Battered side walls with two high steps (or 'altars') ending at flight of granite steps each side at N end. Flight of steps in each side wall. N end has slot each side for caisson. Granite coping in three steps each side. S end has been remodelled in concrete, signs of earlier lengthening in rubble stone.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with other listed structures in Pembroke Dockyard.
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