A small rectangular building is shown at the western end of the breakwater with the annotation 'Coastguard Station'. Sailing Directions dating to 1884 note '? life preserving apparatus is kept at the coastguard station, near to the tidal signal staff.'

Sources include:
Admiralty; 1884, Sailing Directions for the Bristol Channel, 4th Ed, pg117
OS 2st editon 25 in

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, September 2014.