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Latitude: 51.5823 / 51°34'56"N
Longitude: -3.8034 / 3°48'12"W
OS Eastings: 275145
OS Northings: 188593
OS Grid: SS751885
Mapcode National: GBR H3.CD1X
Mapcode Global: VH5H1.1H5B
Plus Code: 9C3RH5JW+WJ
Entry Name: Harbour Watch-Tower
Listing Date: 31 March 2000
Last Amended: 31 March 2000
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 23155
Building Class: Maritime
ID on this website: 300023155
Location: On the S side of the mouth of the River Afan, just to the W of the Harbour Master's Office.
County: Neath Port Talbot
Town: Port Talbot
Community: Margam Moors (Gweunydd Margam)
Community: Margam Moors
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Probably mid C19. The watch-tower pre-dates the major redevelopment of the docks by the Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company from 1894-8.
Two-storey octagonal watch-tower with battlemented parapets. Constructed of stone, the lower storey of coursed rubble with quoins, the upper storey of dressed stone. The parapets consist of a moulded coping supporting dressed crenellations at the angles. The front faces W towards the sea and contains a doorway with segmental head of voussoirs and a wooden door frame. Window opening above with similar head, and 2 matching windows to the flanking faces. Two further upper storey windows to S and NE faces, tall and rectangular with flat heads. The door and glazing do not survive.
Four cast iron I-section beams formerly supported a low floor between the ground and upper storeys. Further cast iron beams support the ceiling above the upper floor. To the N side at ground level is a circular hole in the wall lined in cast iron, possibly for a telescope. Blocking in wall above, beneath a cast iron lintel, possible for a fireplace?
Listed as the well preserved shell of a C19 harbour watch-tower, a prominent feature in the coastal landscape, and of historic interest.
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