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
87614
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/07/2010
Date of Amendment
02/07/2010
Name of Property
West Shelter and Amusement Arcade
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Barry
Town
Locality
Barry Island
Easting
311187
Northing
166468
Street Side
Location
On the seafront promenade at the western end of Whitmore Bay
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Constructed c.1923 as part of the development of Barry Island as a seaside resort. The island had from the beginning of the C19 been used as a seaside resort and from 1897 Lord Windsor of Friars Point House had begun to develop the foreshore of Whitmore Bay with the construction of a Promenade and Pleasure Grounds with the intention of promoting Barry Island as a popular seaside resort. In 1909 he gifted the land between the high watermark of Whitmore Bay and Friars Road to the Barry Urban District Council who then drew up plans for further development of the island primarily as a democratic seaside resort aimed at the working classes of the industrial areas of south Wales. The First World War delayed this from happening but by the early 1920's the Council were able to bring about their improvements and the island quickly became a popular resort with crowds of around 100,000 people visiting on Bank holidays and summer weekends.
Exterior
Open shelter in Classical style. Tall single storey concrete structure spanning the seafront promenade and set within the seafront wall. Nine bays divided by paired Tuscan columns with full entablature and pannelled pediment above. Extension to the rear housing amusement arcades.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its historic interest as an integral component of the complex of structures constructed during the inter-war period at Barry Island as part of the development of the Island as a seaside resort. Important also for its architectural value as a good example of a well designed and well preserved seafront shelter of definite quality and for its group value with the other structures of the inter-war and earlier developments.
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