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
16838
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/02/1996
Date of Amendment
13/02/1996
Name of Property
Breakwater Lighthouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Barry
Town
Locality
Barry Docks
Easting
312524
Northing
166542
Street Side
Location
At seaward end of W breakwater.
Description
Broad Class
Maritime
Period
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.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as lighthouse from earliest period of Barry Docks.
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