Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
12695
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/07/1992
Date of Amendment
28/07/1992
Name of Property
Lifeboat House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
St. David's
Town
Locality
Porthstinian/St Justinian's
Easting
172342
Northing
225180
Street Side
Location
Situated in Porthstinian cove some 3km off Saint David's.
Description
Broad Class
Maritime
Period
History
1911 lifeboat house, designed by W T Douglas of London, engineer and architect to the RNLI. Set on high reinforced concrete latticed piers supporting flat deck to E with steep steps up and sloping slipway to W; the lifeboat house encloses top end of slipway.
Exterior
Functional timber-framed walls clad in painted corrugated iron and curved roof of similar cladding carried on thin bolted steel trusses. Three windows each side, casement pairs with top-lights, stepping down slope. Rear central door with cambered-headed casement pair above. Front curved gable, with modern plastic-coated window, slightly overhanging full-width folding timber doors. Galleried room over front is later C20 addition. Lifeboat house was built to accommodate new motor lifeboat after the disastrous 1910 loss of the previous boat with three of the crew.
Interior
Reason for designation
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