Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Western Camber
Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, designated on 18 January 1974.
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
- 51.69706, -4.95462
- Cadw reference
- 14394
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 228 Haverfordwest (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated to E of Graving Dock and W of Slip No 4.
History
Western Camber is marked on 1832 plan when Slip No 3 (then No 1) which ran off to S was being completed but the W side steps appear on the 1820 plan, when the dockyard front was to have run in a line E from the S wall of the present Western Camber, with all the slips on a line behind. No 3 slip was covered by a timber wide-span roof in 1841 and was infilled before 1891. A landing jetty was built out to NW c1865, but had gone by 1930's and the present concrete canted jetty dates from c1940.
Exterior
Earlier C19 square tidal basin with high limestone ashlar walls and granite coping stones. W side has flight of concrete steps down with ramp adjoining. Concrete infill at N end of steps. Original W wall inscribed: 'H.W. 12/2/99', 'Ordinance Trig Survey 1841' and height figures in Roman numerals.
Reason for designation
Group value with other listed structures in Pembroke Dockyard.
Nearby in the register
- Building Slip No 4Maritimeunder 1 mi
- The Graving Dock including Bollards and CpstansMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Building Slip No 2Maritimeunder 1 mi
- Former Oakum StoreCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.