Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
69 High Street
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
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
- 51.39924, -3.28459
- Cadw reference
- 15888
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
On corner of High St and Market Street.
History
Group of 4 shops circa 1891.
Exterior
Three storeys, red brick with dressings in bathstone or terracotta; parapet with urn finials; horned sash glazing .
No 69 has 2 window front to High Street and splayed corner, others 3 windows
to High Street; upper floors articulated by Corinthian pilasters. Bracketed cornice terracotta band course; sill course and bracketed sills to second floor windows. First floor windows have cambered heads with keyblocks, broken cornice at impost level, sill course; bracketed sills with terracotta reliefs between brackets. On ground floor modern shopfronts between pilasters supporting dentil cornice; above pilasters small lunettes with reliefs of lion's heads; corner has former doorway, round-headed with keyblock; floral capitals to jamb pilasters.
Elevation of No 69 to Market Street has three windows to each floor; two large shop windows, and lower block in red brick.
Reason for designation
Included as well-balanced design of period.
Nearby in the register
- 70 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 71 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 72 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Barry HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.