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
6446
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/07/1981
Date of Amendment
18/02/1994
Name of Property
Slipway & Quay Wall at Hobb's Point
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Pembroke Dock
Town
Locality
Easting
196815
Northing
204204
Street Side
Location
Situated at N end of Pier Road and forming the most northerly part of Hobbs Point.
Description
Broad Class
Maritime
Period
History
The Irish mails were carried from Milford before 1836, then from here, linked by royal mail coaches to the railway at Gloucester, later to Clynderwen and later again to Neyland. Used by the Admiralty from mid C19 with, in later C19, a large set of sheer legs for completing warships set on N side.
Exterior
1830-4 quay and slipway built for the Irish Packet service to Waterford. Designed by Captain Fanshawe R E and supervised by Captain E J Savage R E; contractor H Macintosh of London at a cost of ú20,250/19/0d. Foundations to some 34 feet below low water level. Limestone ashlar facing with Cornish granite copings. The slipway facing E is broad and in a single slope, to S is small dock with curved W end and SE corner extended in concrete. N Wall, to Haven, curves round at NW corner and returns back to Old Pier House. [Three bollards are listed separately.]
Interior
Reason for designation
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
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