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
3980
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/08/1988
Date of Amendment
02/08/1988
Name of Property
Gateway to Bible Garden
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Bangor
Town
Locality
Easting
258096
Northing
372103
Street Side
Location
Below and to NE of the cathedral; at the corner with Tan-y-Fynwent.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Erected in 1812 by Bishop H W Majendie as an entrance to the former Palace Garden.
The Bible Garden was designed by Dr T Whitehead and opened in 1961. It was at the time said to be unique in Europe and possibly in the world for the fact that all the plants directly relate to Biblical subjects such as the Passion Flower and "St Peter’s Keys".
Exterior
Coursed rubble gabled gateway with parapet and stepped buttresses flanking 4-centred archway surmounted by iron tablet with Bishop’s mitre, dated 1812 and initialled H B (Henricus Bangoriensis). Double iron gates cast by Mersey Foundry, Liverpool. Similar iron plaque to inner side with attached lamp holder (lamp missing), Short sections of crenellated walls to either side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with St Deiniol’s Cathedral and the Old Vicarage.
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