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
18032
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
29/03/1996  
Date of Amendment
30/06/1998  
Name of Property
Enclosure Walls at South Stack Lighthouse  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey  
Community
Trearddur  
Town
 
Locality
South Stack Island  
Easting
220282  
Northing
382291  
Street Side
 
Location
On South Stack Island, defining a series of enclosures associated with the lighthouse.  

Description


Broad Class
Maritime  
Period
 

History
There is no certain date for the construction of these walls, which could be early C19 (contemporary, for example with the bridge giving access to the island); it seems likely, however, that they were constructed in the later C19, when the lighthouse tower was raised in height, and various other additions and improvements were made to the site.  

Exterior
Low white-washed rendered rubble walls mark out a series of enclosures associated with the lighthouse on South Stack Island: they shelter the access path to the lighthouse from the bridge on the N side, and mark the edge of cliffs towards the south side of the island. The former garden/allotment for the keepers' accommodation is also enclosed on the S side of the lighthouse buildings. To the SW of the lighthouse, parallel walls enclose a flight of steps which leads down to a circular platform. This is almost certainly the site of a low-level light to be used when the higher light was obscured by fog, and may have replaced an earlier low light established in 1832 - a wooden lantern running on an inclined railway.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
The walls form an important part of the context of the lighthouse and its associated buildings.  

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