Portpatrick Harbour, North Pier, Lifeboat House
Lifeboat Station (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Portpatrick Harbour, North Pier, Lifeboat House
Classification Lifeboat Station (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Portpatrick Lifeboat Station; Portpatrick Harbour, Lifeboat Shed; War Memorial
Canmore ID 241334
Site Number NW95SE 9.04
NGR NW 99767 54141
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/241334
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Portpatrick
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NW95SE 9.04 99767 54141
Lifeboat House [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1973.
Formerly entered as Portpatrick Harbour, Lifeboat Shed.
For crane (probably associated with this lifboat shed) at NW 99783 54163, see NW95SE 9.03.
A lifeboat house was constructed on the N pier in 1877, with doors at the S end. Initially, the boat was moved on rollers out of the lifeboat and craned into the water. Following a serious accident involving the crane (on 19 December 1899) the lifeboat was kept afloat in winter until a new crane was built (in 1907); a door was made in the N end of the house in the same year. The boat has been kept afloat since 1927; this crane and the associated trolley-rails were removed for scrap in 1940. The boathouse was extended and its facilities improved in 1992-3.
N Leach 1999.
Lifeboat Station [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, July 2009.
