Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Graving Dock including Bollards and Cpstans
Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Maritime
- Date of designation
- 18 January 1974
- Community
- Pembroke Dock
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.69686, -4.95562
- Cadw reference
- 14393
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated between Western Camber and slip No 2, towards NW end of dockyard.
History
Dry dock is shown to present outline on 1858 map, where the length is given as 406 feet and width 91 feet. An 1832 plan in Public Record office shows a smaller 250 feet dry dock (ADM/140/429). There are records of the dock being enlarged 1858-61. (The Builder 9/1/1858, 9/3/1861).
Exterior
Mid C19 dry dock, originally constructed c1820 but thoroughly remodelled in mid C19. Large scale with stepped sides of limestone ashlar and granite copings. Five steps (or 'altars') and one broad lowest step and three sets of steps down each side alternating with three chutes. Seaward end is narrowed with battered walls and slot for securing caisson. Ashlar quay wall extends each side, to No 2 Slip to W and Western Camber to E. S end narrows in with flights of steps down each side, that to E covered or removed for roadway. E end has been extended back in mass concrete, and accommodates (1993) former caisson, a steel-plated timber decked vessel formerly floated and lowered across dock entry.
Some 12 bollards each side all made by Sturges and Co, Bowling Ironworks, Bradford. Some damaged capstans, one to NE, one each side at S end, made by H. Grissell of Regents Park Ironworks, London ?1859.
Reason for designation
Grade II* for its national importance as the best surviving dry dock in the Dockyard. Group value with other listed structures in Pembroke Dockyard.
Nearby in the register
- Building Slip No 2Maritimeunder 1 mi
- The Western CamberMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Building Slip No. 1Maritimeunder 1 mi
- Former Oakum StoreCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.