Barry Dock Offices
Barry Docks Offices is a council building in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan in south-east Wales. It is prominently sited, overlooking the docks to the south, below the town and on a level site near Castleland Point, a promontory within Dock View Road. Barry Docks railway station is adjacent to the building and to its rear.
History and architecture
The offices were constructed between 1897 and 1900 and bear the date 1898. The development was part of the industrialist David Davies's scheme for Barry Docks and was intended to regulate the substantial coal exporting trade which had grown to world prominence in the town.
The building cost £59,000.
The Dock Offices were badly damaged by fire in 1984 but were later restored by
Gallery
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David Davies statue outside Barry Dock Offices -
Barry Dock Offices (June 2010)
References
- ^ "Newman" (2001), 149.
- ^ "Newman" (2001), 149.
- ^ Former Barry Docks Offices (now offices of Associated British Ports) British Listed Buildings
Further reading
- Moore, D, (Ed), Barry, The Centenary Book, Barry, 1984, pp 342–344;
- Keane M, A Monument to Past Glories, Barry, 1994.It
- Newman, John (2001), The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan, Penguin Books.