Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lifeboat House
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Maritime
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1995
- Locality
- Barry Docks
- Community
- Barry
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.39275, -3.26367
- Cadw reference
- 15894
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
Near W (landward) end of W breakwater.
History
Lifeboathouse of circa 1901.
Exterior
Pressed red brick, with gable coping, kneelers, pinnacles; corrugated roof covering. Seaward (W) end has large sliding boat doors, above which is camber-headed window. N side has roughly central camber-headed doorway, 1 camber-headed window to L, 2 to R, and small window at eaves level (R). S side similar but only 2 windows. Rear has lower gabled extension with camber-headed window.
Slipway of steel girders supported on groups of 4 iron columns with horizontal and diagonal cross ties.
Reason for designation
Included as good example of building type.
Nearby in the register
- SlipwayMaritimeunder 1 mi
- St Barruch's ChapelChapelunder 1 mi
- Walls of Dock Basin (Also known as No 3 Basin)Transportunder 1 mi
- Breakwater LighthouseMaritimeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.