Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
15892
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/03/1995
Date of Amendment
30/03/1995
Name of Property
All Saints Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Barry
Town
Locality
Easting
310427
Northing
167315
Street Side
S
Location
On prominent site on SW corner of Park Road and St Nicholas's Road, visible from much of Barry.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Built in two stages, nave 1908, chancel and tower 1915; by Col E M Bruce Vaughan (1865-1919), architect, of Cardiff.
Exterior
Eclectic Gothic style. Aisled nave of 5 bays, tower (porch under) at NE angle of chancel and nave. Tower has polygonal stair turret at NE corner, castellated parapet,large louvred windows to bell stage (clock to N), 3 lancets to next stage (N), Gothic arcading with central 2-light window; arched entrance doorway. Each bay of clerestorey has 2 lancets, aisle has 2-light windows with bar tracery; gabled porch in fourth bay of aisle. W end has gabled buttresses, 3-light window with geometrical tracery flanked by lancets with quatrefoil heads; small 2-light window to gable apex. E end has window with Y-tracery, small window near gable apex; 2-light window to N side of chancel. To S of chancel, transept with 2-light window to upper storey, and paired windows to ground floor; narrow gabled projection with 2-light first floor window. Gabled block between transept and chancel.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as notable example of large-scale late Gothic Revival church by prominent local architect.
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