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
3662
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/03/1966
Date of Amendment
24/05/2000
Name of Property
Port Lodge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llandygai
Town
Bangor
Locality
Penrhyn Park
Easting
259298
Northing
372595
Street Side
Location
Located at west (Porth Penrhyn) entrance to Penrhyn Castle; the park wall continues to north and south; Virginia creeper grows over the higher part of the lodge.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The lodge was built as part of work on the park wall, which appears to have begun in 1819 under the supervision of William Baxter, clerk of works to the Penrhyn Estate, and to have continued during the 1820s. The hand of Thomas Hopper is less noticeable than at Grand Lodge but it is quite possible that he played some part in its design and the building's plainer appearance may simply result from the fact that this was a subsidiary entrance to the park.
Exterior
2- and 3-storey entrance lodge in a simpler version of the neo-Norman style of Penrhyn Castle. Anglesey limestone ashlar on moulded battered plinth; roof concealed by battlemented parapet. 3-storey rectangular tower on left with slightly projecting square turret to its left corner has paired round-headed windows with recessed 2-paned sashes on ground and first floors of main part with splayed slit window above; 2 similar but smaller slit windows to turret. Steeply-pointed arch-way to paved carriage entrance immediately to right of tower has ribbed double gates and corbelled projection above with to its right a square corner turret. Soffit of entrance arch is ribbed in 2 bays with ribbed door in pointed doorway to tower in left wall. Rear elevation has 2-paned sash in splayed opening on each floor to tower, to right of which is a single-storey flat-roofed section (concealed by park wall on entrance side) with C20 half-glazed door to left and window on right.
Interior
Interior not inspected at time of Survey.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved lodge of simple neo-Norman style contemporary with and attached to the complete C19 park boundary wall notable for its contribution to the historic character of a major Welsh country house and park.
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