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
20074
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/06/1998
Date of Amendment
30/06/1998
Name of Property
Stanley Embankment
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Holyhead
Town
Locality
Penrhos Coastal Park
Easting
227818
Northing
380188
Street Side
Location
Spanning the strait between the main island, N of Valley, and Holyhead Island.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Following the Act of Union in 1801 a programme to improve the roads between the two capital cities of London and Dublin was initiated. In 1811 Thomas Telford was commissioned to undertake a survey of the roads between London and Holyhead and in 1817 began work on the northern stretch of the road at Shrewsbury. The Stanley Embankment, designed by Telford, was built to carry the new road across the strait to Holyhead Island. Built by Gill and Hodges, construction work began in 1815 and was completed in 1822. Further construction work took place in the late 1840's to allow the railway to be carried across the embankment, the first trains running between Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and Holyhead in the summer of 1849.
Exterior
A large embankment built on a natural terrace across the strait, faced with stone and with modern rubble walling either side to protect against storm damage. The embankment is 1,300yds (1189m) in length, 16ft (4.87m) high, the base is 114ft (34.75m) wide tapering to a width of 34ft (10.36m) at the top. The embankment carries the A5(T) road carriage along its eastern side and the main Euston to Holyhead railway to the west, a tall rubble masonry wall dividing the two and a smaller rubble masonry wall along the east side of the A5(T).
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as good example of Telford's structural design work for the A5. A road and rail embankment demonstrating considerable engineering skill and of immense local importance for its connection with Telford's A5 and the railway providing the route between London and Dublin.
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