Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Watchtower
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Maritime
- Date of designation
- 7 February 1978
- Locality
- The Knap
- Community
- Barry
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.38877, -3.28962
- Cadw reference
- 13401
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
To SE of Whitehouse Cottage, built partly into slope.
History
Circa 1860. Built as coastguard station.
Exterior
Two storey tower of lias rubble, battered at the base, corbelled parapet; string course. Seaward elevation with corner chimney stack to first floor chamber lit by segmental-headed window; former boat entrance with segmental headed arch, lower part blocked to make window. West elevation with wide square-headed entry with boarded doors below, and camber-headed window above. Blank elevations towards E & N.
Reason for designation
Included as surviving maritime structure from old port of Barry before developments of 1880's.
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Old Rocket StationMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Whitehouse CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pavilions at Cold Knap Park with adjacent staircasesGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Knap Roman SiteVillaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.