Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
1085
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/12/1989
Date of Amendment
22/12/1989
Name of Property
Embankment Wall to Railway (including below Station)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llangollen
Town
Locality
Easting
321474
Northing
342189
Street Side
Location
Rising from the N bank of the River Dee close to the Llangollen Bridge; below the railway station.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Probably contemporary with the building of the Llangollen to Corwen railway line bringing it west from its original terminus near Dee Cottage. This occurred in 1865 when the station was built.
Exterior
High coursed revetment wall topped by cast iron railings; stone corbels below parapet. Runs from the western building on the 'down' platform along behind the overbridge and stepped down slightly beyond the platform E end.
Abutts the pier of the Llangollen Bridge beyond the northern pointed arch.
Continues a short distance eastwards with stepped parapet to the point where the railway diverges from the course of the river bank.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Llangollen Bridge and the listed items relating to the Llangollen Railway Station.
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