Stores Buildings at Bardsey Lighthouse, Aberdaron, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7497 / 52°44'59"N

Longitude: -4.7994 / 4°47'57"W

OS Eastings: 211159

OS Northings: 320576

OS Grid: SH111205

Mapcode National: GBR GPJF.GC3

Mapcode Global: WH33Z.74VT

Plus Code: 9C4QP6X2+V6

Entry Name: Stores Buildings at Bardsey Lighthouse

Listing Date: 29 March 1996

Last Amended: 26 June 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 17925

Building Class: Maritime

ID on this website: 300017925

Location: A group of 3 buildings close to the 'New Keepers' Quarters, and built against the S boundary wall of the compound.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Aberdaron

Locality: Yr Enlli / Bardsey Island

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Three stores buildings, probably built c1873 (the date when the optical equipment of the lighthouse was changed), comprising 2 general stores and a curved-vaulted oil store. Part of the group visible in a John Thomas photograph of 1886.

Exterior

A small domestic store building lies to the E with paired doorways and hipped slate roof. Parallel to the gable wall of the Keepers' accommodation is the oil store, of a standard type. Whitewashed render over stone, with segmentally vaulted roof, brick arched internally. Round-arched doorway in W gable end, and small circular opening in E gable. Alongside this to the W is a further stores building intended for equipment associated with the lighthouse: whitewashed render with slate roof, and paired doors facing into the compound.

Reasons for Listing

The stores buildings form part of a coherent group of buildings associated with the lighthouse.

External Links

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Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

II 'New Keepers' Quarters' at Bardsey Lighthouse
SE of the lighthouse, within the walled enclosure which surrounds it.
II Bardsey Island Lighthouse with attached keepers' house
On rising ground at the south end of the island, in a walled enclosure.
II Former Engine House and Fog Station at Bardsey Lighthouse
West of the lighthouse tower, towards the western edge of the walled compound.
II Compound Walls at Bardsey Lighthouse
The walls define a large enclosure which contains the lighthouse and its associated buildings.
II Ty Pellaf and Rhedynog Goch
The southernmost of the farms on the island, on the E side of the track some 500m NE of the slipway.
II Walled Court to Rhedynog Goch and Ty Pellaf
Situated to SE of Ty Pellaf and Rhedynog Goch, some 500m NE of the slipway.
II Walls to Ty Pellaf and Rhedynog Goch
Garden walls surrounding Ty Pellaf and Rhedynog Goch.
II Limekiln
Situated at intersection of main island track and track to Ty Pellaf and Rhedynog Goch.

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Stores Buildings at Bardsey Lighthouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Aberdaron, Gwynedd