Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
30/07/1990
Date of Amendment
30/03/1995
Name of Property
5. Lampstandard outside the Barry Docks Offices
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
History
Probably contemporary with the building (1898), by Arthur E Bell. manufactured by David King and son of Glasgow.
Regularly placed around the outside of this prominent building overlooking the docks, below the town on a flat site near Castleisland point.
Exterior
Two lampstandards to the front, two to the rear and one to either side.
Cast iron lampstandards, the design of which is swept out towards panelled base. Art-Nouveau leaf-like detail to the top of the circular stem where the curved lamp bracket projects. One of the lampstandards to the rear has lost its bracket.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Barry Dock Board Offices and the pedestal and statue of David Davies.
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