Lifeboat Station (now boat store)
Lifeboat Station (now boat store)
HER Number
1982
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Lifeboat Station (now boat store)
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime
Site Type: Broad
Navigation Aid
Site Type: Specific
Lifeboat Station
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Tynemouth No. 1 (Prior's Haven) Lifeboat Station, built 1862 by the Tyne Lifeboat Society. Cost £380. Closed in 1905. Sold to Tynemouth Sailing Club in 1919 for £130. The wooden runway across the beach reportedly still exists, buried under the sand. Single storey building built of stone. The original slate roof has been replaced with zinc coated corrugated metal. Proposed with replacement with reclaimed slates in 2012. Clay chimney pots.
Easting
437290
Northing
569160
Grid Reference
NZ437290569160
Sources
<< HER 1982 >> D. Heslop, 2002, Tynemouth Small Towns Report
Pers. Comm. Chris Lambert, 1999, Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9); Kier North Tyneside Design Services, 15 August 2012, Design and Access Statement and Heritage Statement for The Boat Store, Priors Haven, Tynemouth
Pers. Comm. Chris Lambert, 1999, Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9); Kier North Tyneside Design Services, 15 August 2012, Design and Access Statement and Heritage Statement for The Boat Store, Priors Haven, Tynemouth