Modern lifeboat station.


Former lifeboat station comprising lifeboat house and slipway.


The lifeboat station was built in 1896 in order to accomodate a new and larger lifeboat serving the area. At the same time a new slipway leading directly down into the outer harbour was constructed, replacing the older slipway which ran against the harbour wall.


The facility was in use until 1922, when the station closed and responsibility for the southern coast of the Isle of Man was transferred to the Port St Mary station.


The boathouse was subsequently used as a garage for motor coaches before being converted into offices for a containerised shipping company. It was later converted into a private dwelling.


It is now a Registered Building, No 60, and was placed on the register on 24th February 1984.