Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22570
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/10/1999
Date of Amendment
29/10/1999
Name of Property
Magazine on NW side of Mumbles Lighthouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Mumbles
Town
Swansea
Locality
Mumbles Head
Easting
263437
Northing
187198
Street Side
Location
On the NW side of Mumbles Lighthouse on an islet off Mumbles Head.
Description
Broad Class
Defence
Period
History
Erected during the 1939-45 and serving 2 nearby gun emplacements.
Exterior
Rectangular 1-storey building of reinforced concrete with flat roof partly turf covered. On the E side is a doorway to the R with pintles for doubles doors, L of which is a window with external strap hinges of former shutters. The N and S walls both have 2 windows with similar hinges, while 1 window in the S wall retains part of a steel shutter. The W wall, built against a bank, has 4 lower-level openings. Above each opening is a row of narrow vertical vents, some blocked.
Interior
The roof is carried on 2 concrete cross beams. The floor has 4 low concrete bases and drainage channels.
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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