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
22571
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/10/1999
Date of Amendment
29/10/1999
Name of Property
Mumbles Battery
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Mumbles
Town
Swansea
Locality
Mumbles Head
Easting
263493
Northing
187168
Street Side
Location
Adjacent to Mumbles Lighthouse on an islet off Mumbles Head.
Description
Broad Class
Defence
Period
History
Mumbles Battery was erected in 1860 as a precaution against possible French invasion.
Exterior
Battery of coursed, rock-faced stone with flat roofs, on which the solar module arrays are mounted. Modern blockwork walls are attached to the lighthouse base and the battery. The battery is curved in plan, with outer gun turrets. A doorway in the centre of the inner face has stepped voussoirs to a segmental head, and the date with initials VR over it. There are various blocked windows in this range, which retains stepped lights (to stairs), and angled corner windows to the upper stage.
Interior
The battery retains vaulted ceilings, but now houses service accommodation for the lighthouse.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Mumbles Lighthouse and other associated listed items demonstrating the development of coastal defences here in the C19 and C20.
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