Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Keepers' Accommodation at St Tudwal's Lighthouse
Llanengan, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 29 March 1996
- Locality
- St Tudwals West Island
- Town
- Pwllheli
- Community
- Llanengan
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.79830, -4.47166
- Cadw reference
- 17929
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Adjacent to the lighthouse at the upper end of the island.
History
The lighthouse was erected in 1877 to mark the N end of Cardigan Bay. The keepers accommodation is contemporary with it. It is now disused.
Exterior
Contemporary with the tower, and laid out in relation to it. Smooth render over stone or brick, with flat roof, unmoulded cornice and blocking course. Symmetrically laid out, with central entrance facing W (and blocked rear entrance). W elevation has central square porch with plain cornice and blocking course, and doorways in either side. 2 flanking windows to either side are 8-pane sashes (some now boarded over); similar 3-window return elevations. The building is built into the slope, and the rear elevation is partly below ground level, accessed by a narrow walkway: blocked central entrance, and an asymmetrical disposition of openings, with outer doorway and flanking window to the right, outer and central doors in left, with flanking windows.
Reason for designation
Listed as a significant part of the lighthouse complex, forming a coherent group with the tower.
Nearby in the register
- St Tudwal's LighthouseMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Enclosure Walls at St Tudwal's LighthouseMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Remains of ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Remains of HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.