History

Retaining wall to the harbour access, C19 masonry, but presumably on the line of the original harbour approach. Shown on 1817 Charles Norris view. The old lifeboat house, built in 1852 by the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Soc. for the first Tenby lifeboat and in use until the construction of a new house on Castle Beach in 1862, is a lean-to structure between the wall and the Fishermen's Rooms.

Exterior

Retaining wall, squared rock-faced grey limestone, with rubble stone sloping parapet wall along Pier Hill. Wall rises in heignt from N end curved junction with pier to high S end against Penniless Cove Hill. Lifeboat house is a lean-to structure against right hand end, between wall and the Fishermen's Rooms. Slate lean-to roof and grey stone tooled jambs to entry, shouldered in to carry lintel.

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value with the other Harbour structures and the houses on Pier Hill.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29503248

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)