Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Magazine on NW side of Mumbles Lighthouse
Mumbles, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Mumbles Head, Swansea, Mumbles, designated on 29 October 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Defence
- Date of designation
- 29 October 1999
- Locality
- Mumbles Head
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Mumbles
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.56707, -3.97172
- Cadw reference
- 22570
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)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the NW side of Mumbles Lighthouse on an islet off Mumbles Head.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Mumbles LighthouseMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Mumbles BatteryDefenceunder 1 mi
- Gun Emplacement on NE side of Mumbles LighthouseDefenceunder 1 mi
- Gun Emplacement on S side of Mumbles LighthouseDefenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.