Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barry Hotel
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 30 March 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1995
- Locality
- Barry
- Community
- Barry
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.39813, -3.28489
- Cadw reference
- 15509
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1858 · 20. Bridgewater. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On E corner of Broad Street and Windsor Road.
History
Circa 1890.
Exterior
Three storeys plus attic, with high corner bay, large dormers, red brick with bathstone dressings, slate roofs, brick chimneys, mainly horned sash glazing; heavy bracketed cornice, and frieze of balusters between first and second floors. Basement area with iron railings. Polygonal corner has high pavilion roof, paired windows to faces of top three floors; at ground floor level, balcony (stone balusters) on heavy stone corbels and panelled piers with floral capitals; 3 entrance doorways with segmental overlights. Elevation to Broad Street has 3 large dormers with bathstone pediments and pinnacles; paired windows; cast-iron cresting between dormers. Four 3-window groups plus one of two windows; second, third, and fourth bays have 2-storey splayed bay windows, baluster frieze runs round building at this level. At R end, lower 2-storey block of 3 windows; balustraded parapet, brick pilasters, steps up to doorway (L), splayed corner with doorway to R. Windsor road elevation in similar style, but with only 2 dormers, and 2 bay windows.
Reason for designation
Imposing example of late C19 hotel architecture retaining character.
Nearby in the register
- 69 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 70 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 71 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 72 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.