Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
15891
Building Number
72  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
30/03/1995  
Date of Amendment
30/03/1995  
Name of Property
72 High Street  
Address
72 High Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan  
Community
Barry  
Town
 
Locality
Barry  
Easting
310747  
Northing
167485  
Street Side
S  
Location
On corner of High St and Market Street.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

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.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as well-balanced design of period.  

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