Home plan for ex-lifeboat station

The station has been empty since a replacement opened in 2005

A 100-year-old former lifeboat station at a seaside resort could be turned into a four-bedroomed house.

The landmark at Tenby has been empty since a new £5m replacement building became operational in 2005.

The RNLI, which has to pay for its upkeep, Initially applied to demolish the old station, but the Welsh Assembly Government ruled it should be kept.

The charity marketed it hoping a use could be found and an application has been made for residential conversion.

The RNLI has submitted the application to the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority on behalf of an unnamed individual.

The Ancient Monuments Society and Victorian Society fought to keep the building and the assembly government ruled removing it would cause "considerable harm to the national heritage".

RNLI spokeswoman Danielle Rush said the station was owned by the Crown Estate but the charity still had to pay for its upkeep.

"We have marketed it quite extensively hoping someone would come along and take it off our hands," she added.

"[The application] is for a private person."