Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
17383
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/03/1996
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
Oil Store and enclosure walls at Flatholm Lighthouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Butetown
Town
Locality
Flat Holm Island
Easting
322206
Northing
164696
Street Side
Location
The walls enclose the lighthouse compound and an adjacent allotment, within the bank and ditch enclosure of the 1869 fort; the oil store is aligned with the entrance to the lighthouse, close to the allotment walls.
Description
Broad Class
Maritime
Period
History
The first lighthouse on Flatholm was built in 1738. Converted to oil and partially rebuilt 1820, and a new lantern added in 1866. While the boundary walls may mark an alignment set out in the early period, they may have been rebuilt in the 1860's. The oil store almost certainly dates from this period.
Exterior
Rough rubble walls c1.5m high enclose an area around the lighthouse, and a trapezoidal area to its NW, the former garden plot. The oil store is built alongside the wall to the NNW, a standard Trinity House design - white-washed render, single storeyed with coped gables and moulded eaves cornice. Camber headed doorway in lower gable end, and a small window (blocked) above it. Similar window in apex of upper gable.
Interior
Reason for designation
The oil store and enclosure walls form a significant element in the lighthouse site.
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