Sea View Labour Club was constructed as Sea View Hotel by S.A. Brain Co. Ltd in 1897 to serve the growing population of workers at Barry’s newly constructed coal docks. The hotel was an important community meeting place and held dances, charity events and local society meetings. By the mid-1930s it had become the Sea View Labour Club, although still owned by Brains.

During the First World War the building was used as a Red Cross auxiliary hospital from the Western General Hospital.

The building is a red brick built, three storey L-shaped structure with with limestone decorative detailing and a circular lead roofed tower in the south corner. A single storey extension was added to the rear of the building in the late 1960s/early 1970s to accommodate a skittle alley.

Reference: Archaeology Wales Level 2 Building Survey, Report No. 1967, March 2001.

RCAHMW, 2024.

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Sea View Labour Club, Barry