Lundy Island Shore Building

The shore building contains a boathouse and divers' changing rooms o­n the severely exposed landing beach. The new building is sited next to the new all-weather jetty, at the base of the steep cliffs that typify Lundy.

The building has to withstand frequent storms and high tides, and the client agreed that it need not be totally waterproof.

The engineers insisted on the galvanized steel portal frame to resist boulders that migh fall from the cliff above.

The walls and roof are structural softwood tongue and groove planks. The boathouse floor is loose beach shingle and the other floors are concrete slabs o­n a sand bed.

There are no other finishes and no insulation. There is an excellent generator; the toilet is a composting WC and water is delivered by bowser to a tank in the roof space.