Gate Piers, Gates & attached Walls at the end of the Northern Driveway to Y Glyn, Bangor, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2202 / 53°13'12"N

Longitude: -4.1574 / 4°9'26"W

OS Eastings: 256057

OS Northings: 371414

OS Grid: SH560714

Mapcode National: GBR 5N.14L8

Mapcode Global: WH547.3BK4

Plus Code: 9C5Q6RCV+32

Entry Name: Gate Piers, Gates & attached Walls at the end of the Northern Driveway to Y Glyn

Listing Date: 2 August 1988

Last Amended: 2 August 1988

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4059

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300004059

Location: At a splayed angle to the roadside; at the base of the wooded driveway.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Bangor

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Wall

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History

Built between 1846 and 1861 when the estate was owned by the Chester to Holyhead Railway Company.

Exterior

Coursed rubble masonry. Square tall gatepiers with high plinth; pineapple finials and wrought iron gates. Screen walls stepped down and set back to either side; each have 2 large circular openings rising from plinth to coping with keystones, inset ironwork grilles and dividing pilasters. Octagonal piers at ends with freestone cap and finial (the latter is missing to the right). The entrance of the driveway has stone setts.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with the railway bridge.

External Links

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Gate Piers, Gates & attached Walls at the end of the Northern Driveway to Y Glyn

A Grade II Listed Building in Bangor, Gwynedd