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Revetment Walls and Railings

A Grade II Listed Building in Bangor, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2306 / 53°13'50"N

Longitude: -4.1133 / 4°6'47"W

OS Eastings: 259036

OS Northings: 372476

OS Grid: SH590724

Mapcode National: GBR 5Q.0H98

Mapcode Global: WH547.S2H6

Plus Code: 9C5Q6VJP+6M

Entry Name: Revetment Walls and Railings

Listing Date: 2 August 1988

Last Amended: 2 August 1988

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4093

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300004093

Location: Short sunken section of the former London to Holyhead Turnpike road cut through the hillside. Reached off the Llandegai Road opposite the road to Port Penrhyn and off the High Street beside Tan y Coe

County: Gwynedd

Town: Penybryn

Community: Bangor

Community: Bangor

Locality: Cutting

Built-Up Area: Bangor

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

The road was constructed by Thomas Telford following pressure by Irish MP’s. The Shrewsbury to Bangor section was begun in 1815 and reached Bangor in 1817. The road was then realigned in 1934 taking the traffic away from the High Street thereby isolating this section.

Exterior

Tarmacadamed road with pavement to S side. Bounded by tall and battered rubble walls; that to S side begins at the E end, full height with an end pilaster. It is topped by late Georgian iron railings with urn finials bordering the drive to The Old Farmhouse and Penybryn House and continuing across the bridge. Ramps down steeply beyond the bridge and continues with vertically laid coping, partly broken and overgrown; steps up immediately before Tan-y-Coed in front of which the revetment wall is coursed rubble and topped by iron railings; terminated at the gated entrance.

The N side begins lower at either end, especially to E. Ramps upwards towards the bridge with vertically laid coping stones; partly rebuilt. At the far W end a low plinth carried iron railings with spearhead finials and curved around to terminating pier.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with Penybryn House, The Old Farmhouse, Penybryn Bridge and the Portico to the former Penrhyn Arms Hotel.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II The Old Farmhouse
    Situated on the terrace above the sunken section of the old Holyhead road cutting and reached by the road by the Golf Club. Penybryn House detached to left.
  • II Portico to the former Penrhyn Arms Hotel
    At the side of the lane leading up to the Golf Club; retained as a feature in the Penybryn gardens.
  • II Penybryn House
    Situated on a terrace above the sunken section of the old Holyhead road and reached by the lane up to the Golf Club; approached from the right past The Old Farmhouse
  • II Tan-y Bryn Lodge
    Set into the hillside at the base of the drive to Tan-y-Bryn house; at a splayed angle to the main road.
  • II Penrhyn Bridge, including parapet walls on the approach road to Penrhyn Castle Port
    Spanning the Afon Cegin at the inner end of Penrhyn Docks. Reached off the Llandegai road and carrying the rear drive into the Penrhyn Estate.
  • II Tan-y-Coed
    Elevated above the road with broad views across the Menai Straits; at the W end of the old Holyhead road cutting.
  • II Penybryn Bridge, including railings & lamp standards
    Carried the lane up to the Golf Club, over the sunken section of the old Holyhead road just below The Old Farmhouse.
  • II Pont Penrhyn (partly in Bangor community)
    Spanning the Afon Cegin just south of the present main approach to the docks at Porth Penrhyn, the road carried by the bridge leads to the Port Lodge entrance to Penrhyn Castle.

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