Description

Early to earlier 19th century; pier extended and beacon added D & T Stevenson, 1876; W breakwater constructed D & T Stevenson, 1879; inner basin constructed 1959. Enclosed harbour comprising 800ft, near L-plan pier to E with continuous parapet to E side; steps and beacon in place to NW. Straight pier projecting from main pier and later L-plan pier projecting from shore to form inner basin to SW. 325ft, angled breakwater to NW, enclosing outer basin. Predominantly squared and coursed, tooled sandstone walls (heavily rendered in part); rendered L-plan pier to SW. Plain iron bollards line concrete walkways.

Statement of Interest

Dramatically set at the foot of a steep decline, Burnmouth Harbour retains both architectural and historic interest. Originally comprising the L-plan pier which now forms the E side of the inner basin, initial building costs are recorded at ?1,600 (GAZETTEER). Later redevelopment resulted in the extension of the main pier, the building of the W breakwater and the addition of a beacon (completed by 1879 at a cost of ?6,296), and the formation of an inner basin to the SW in 1959. Fundamentally intact and still in use, the harbour is the most significant built structure in this fishing village. Drawings held in the National Map Library show the initial extension of the main pier was proposed by D & T Stevenson in 1858, although work did not begin until the mid 1870s. Further plans of works proposed to be carried out under the General Pier & Harbour Acts, 1893 (also by Stevenson) show an extension to the N of the already extended pier. No trace of this can be seen, indicating the plans were never executed.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17845572

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  For the Record
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)