Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Church of St Cadoc
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 18 September 1962
- Locality
- Cadoxton
- Community
- Barry
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.41644, -3.25258
- Cadw reference
- 13175
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
At junction of Coldbrook Road West and Brock Street in small churchyard.
History
Church here since C12. Present building has C13 chancel, C15 nave and tower probably at expense of local Andrew family, C16 S porch. Extensive Victorian restoration, including rebuilding of nave walls, 1885, by John Price Jones, architect, of Cardiff.
Exterior
Grey rubble, chancel rendered, slate roofs. Saddleback W tower has trefoil window to each side at belfry level, below these to S, round-headed light, then trefoil light and round-headed light at ground level; doorway to W. South gabled porch with simple pointed arched doorway, stone benches. To each side of porch, nave has windows of 3 cusped lights with square hoodmoulds, and to R, shallow rectangular stair projection; to N, nave has 2 small windows, and, to W 3-light window. Chancel (stepped down) has, to S, window of 2 cusped lights with square hoodmould; E window of 2 lights (inserted 1828); narrow window to N.
Interior
Walls plastered, simple chamfers to exposed stones of tower and chancel arches. Stone tower stair in NE corner. Chancel has wooden altar and reredos in Decorated style (1920's; moved from St John's Church 1951); C17 communion rail with balusters, piscina beneath chancel S window. Nave has Gothic doorway to stairs to former rood-loft (SE corner of nave). Nave roof dates from 1885 restoration. Norman font with roll-mouldings.
Nearby in the register
- Cross in Churchyard at Church of St CadocReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Old SchoolhouseEducationunder 1 mi
- Cadoxton CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dovecote at Cadoxton CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.