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
17166
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/01/1996
Date of Amendment
26/01/1996
Name of Property
Rocket Cart House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Angle
Town
Locality
Hardings Hill
Easting
187917
Northing
201315
Street Side
Location
At N side of B4320 road.
Description
Broad Class
Maritime
Period
History
Built at the end of the C19, the Rocket Cart House (Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus Station no. 11) was the base for the cliff-rescue team with rockets, lines and breeches-buoys. It was in use until the 1930s, with a team of about 20 rescuers. In about 1970 it was taken as a holiday house and underwent minor alterations. It consists of a cart house originally with double-doors and a three-storey look-out tower. The whole site is at the N of the road, raised about 0.5 m above the adjacent field level and enclosed on three sides by a red brick wall about 1 m high. At front is a stone-block paved hardstanding area.
Exterior
Cart house, now a dwelling house: one storey plus attic. S gable faces the road. Smooth render, painted, over original facing-brickwork. Slate roof. Doors and windows renovated.
Enclosure wall: original red-brick wall in Flemish Bond, local bricks.
Interior
Fireplace in N gable has been cut away for insertion of a large bay window.
Reason for designation
Listed as a very prominent local landmark on a raised vantage point and as a significant monument to the Coastguard Service.
Group Description
Rocket Cart House and Lookout Tower, Hardings Hill, Angle
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