HARBOUR WALLS AT THE 'OLD BOAT YARD'

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Overview

Harbour Walls. Circa 1534. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1393176
Date first listed:: 06-Mar-2009
List Entry Name:: HARBOUR WALLS AT THE 'OLD BOAT YARD'
Statutory Address:: HARBOUR WALLS AT THE 'OLD BOAT YARD'

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1393176
Date first listed:: 06-Mar-2009
List Entry Name:: HARBOUR WALLS AT THE 'OLD BOAT YARD'
Statutory Address 1:: HARBOUR WALLS AT THE 'OLD BOAT YARD'

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: HARBOUR WALLS AT THE 'OLD BOAT YARD'

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Padstow
National Grid Reference:: SW 92111 75667, SW 92125 75717

Reasons for Designation

The harbour walls at the Old Boat Yard in Padstow have been designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * The mid-C16 harbour walls are contemporary with the Grade II listed walls to the north and south quay and form part of an unusually complete group of harbour structures in Padstow * They survive as an early example and are substantially intact * They are associated with Padstow's shipbuilding industry

Details

PADSTOW

1525/0/10019 Harbour Walls at the 'Old Boat Yard' 06-MAR-09

GV II Harbour Walls. Circa 1534.

MATERIALS: The two piers are constructed of horizontally coursed slate stone rubble

PLAN: The two piers enclose a small dock at St Saviour's Point and contain a later slipway to the south-west corner. Both piers curve inwards towards the land and provide a small opening to the dock. The walkway is protected from the sea by a seaward side shelter wall. The wall has been repaired with concrete block to the south pier.

HISTORY: The port of Padstow was already of some importance in the C13 and C14. In 1584 Norden described it as 'the best haven on the north part of the shyre'. During the C16 the chief exports were fish, tin and cloth and during the C17 slates were of considerable importance. Access to the port was aided in 1829 when the Padstow Harbour Association was formed to improve the entrance, setting up the capstans at Stepper Point. In 1844 the Padstow Harbour Commission was established to regulate and improve the harbour.

Shipbuilding was one of Padstow's ports main activities, and slipways were an important feature being cheaper than dry docks to construct and maintain. These harbour walls enclosed the Lower Yard. The last ship built at the Lower Yard was the Amaranth in 1886. The yard continued to repair and refit schooners and ketches into the 1890s. In the 1890s/1900s an ice factory and new fish packing shed was built in the Lower Yard.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The harbour walls at the Old Boat Yard in Padstow are designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * The mid-C16 harbour walls are contemporary with the Grade II listed walls to the north and south quay and form part of an unusually complete group of harbour structures in Padstow * They survive as an early example and are substantially intact * They are associated with Padstow's shipbuilding industry

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 505720
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.