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
22568
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/10/1999
Date of Amendment
29/10/1999
Name of Property
Gun Emplacement on S side of Mumbles Lighthouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Mumbles
Town
Swansea
Locality
Mumbles Head
Easting
263490
Northing
187145
Street Side
Location
On the SE side of Mumbles Lighthouse on an islet off Mumbles Head.
Description
Broad Class
Defence
Period
History
A gun emplacement erected in the 1939-45 war and housing a 4.7 inch (12cm) gun.
Exterior
A reinforced concrete gun emplacement on a levelled concrete platform and with a felt-covered flat roof. A doorway on the E side has hinges for double doors. The front, facing the sea, is rounded and has an opening the full width to allow a 180 degree turn of the gun. Inside are fragmentary remains of the base for the gun and a single steel cross beam supporting the roof.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with other associated listed items, including Mumbles Battery, demonstrating development of coastal defences here in the C19 and C20.
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