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
18029
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/03/1996
Date of Amendment
27/11/2000
Name of Property
Detached former Keeper's Dwelling at Skerries Lighthouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Cylch-y-Garn
Town
Locality
The Skerries
Easting
226755
Northing
394788
Street Side
Location
On low ground N of the lighthouse.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The first lighthouse was established on the Skerries islands c1716, and rebuilt c1759. The former Keeper's house probably dates from the first period of occupation of the island, c1720. It was superseded by the construction of new accommodation integrated with a new lighthouse in 1851, and appears to have been re-roofed at some time, possibly in the late C19.
Exterior
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as the earliest surviving keeper's house in Wales, and possibly the first such purpose-built dwelling anywhere.
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