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
15894
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/03/1995
Date of Amendment
30/03/1995
Name of Property
Lifeboat House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Barry
Town
Locality
Barry Docks
Easting
312175
Northing
166726
Street Side
Location
Near W (landward) end of W breakwater.
Description
Broad Class
Maritime
Period
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.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as good example of building type.
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