Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Breakwater Lighthouse
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Barry Docks, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 13 February 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Maritime
- Date of designation
- 13 February 1996
- Locality
- Barry Docks
- Community
- Barry
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.39115, -3.25861
- Cadw reference
- 16838
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
At seaward end of W breakwater.
History
1889, by Chance Bros of Birmingham.
Exterior
Round in plain. Iron plate construction, flared base with flanges bolted to ground. Windows with shallow pedimented architraves. Gallery on cast-iron brackets with trellis walkway, iron posts and tubular rails. Polygonal light stage with dome and weathervane over.
Reason for designation
Listed as lighthouse from earliest period of Barry Docks.
Nearby in the register
- SlipwayMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Lifeboat HouseMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Walls of Dock Basin (Also known as No 3 Basin)Transportunder 1 mi
- St Barruch's ChapelChapelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.