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
4094
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/05/1949
Date of Amendment
02/08/1988
Name of Property
Penybryn Bridge, including railings & lamp standards
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Bangor
Town
Locality
Easting
259164
Northing
372552
Street Side
Location
Carried the lane up to the Golf Club, over the sunken section of the old Holyhead road just below The Old Farmhouse.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
The road was constructed by Thomas Telford following pressure by Irish MPs. The Shrewsbury to Bangor section was begun in 1815 and reached Bangor in 1817.
Ca 1817.
Exterior
Segmental arched coursed rubble bridge with voussoirs, stringcourse, impost band and freestone coping. Curves out at either end terminating in battered pilasters and with the revetment walls of the cutting continuing beyond.
Late Georgian iron railings, with urn finials, to parapets; at left continuous with those to the front of The Old Farmhouse and Penybryn House. Fluted lamp standards at N end, with curved brackets retained to NE and modern lamp to NW.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with the old road cutting, Penybryn House, The Old Farmhouse, and the Portico to the former Penrhyn Arms Hotel.
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