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
5737
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
17/10/1986  
Date of Amendment
25/07/1994  
Name of Property
Store, Old Boiler Shop & Sawmill buildings at Marine Yard  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey  
Community
Holyhead  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
224905  
Northing
382754  
Street Side
SE  
Location
Opposite Water Street.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Part of a large group of marine workshop buildings, built between 1858 and 1880.  

Exterior
To NW, tall single storey sawmill building grey green rubble with pale dressings, modern corrugated roof. Two bay SW gable with centre pilaster and inclined eaves bands, blocked arch openings on 2 levels. Five bay main flank with irregular arched openings and fixed small-pane metal lights; small lean-to extension. Blind NE gable with modern timber doors replacing arched openings. Taller cross range of old boiler shop runs to rear with similar external pilaster and eaves band treatment. Tall ground floor arched windows with fixed lights. Slate roof with external chimney through eaves facing Smithy. One storey lean-to extension along full length of NE face. One storey stores building (formerly Smithy) with hipped slate roof (blanked off lantern/ventilator), brick heads to arched ground floor windows, fixed small-pane metal lights; later broad openings with metal lintels. Sawmill retains belt-driven saw on rails, by T Robinson of Rochdale. Interior of Old Boiler Shop opens through a massive arch with wooden doors to Boiler Shop at right angles. Old Boiler Shop retains brick pilasters with corbelled out rails for original travelling crane with ratchet mechanism. Stores interior has brick pilasters and arches to inner gable formerly linking to Boiler Shop; side arches for drive belts. Open timber roofs.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as part of a (probably) unique group of purpose-built marine service buildings at a major British ferry port. Group value.  

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