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
4206
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/08/1992
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Dock at NW edge of Vaynol Park, (including the boathouse)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Pentir
Town
Bangor
Locality
Vaynol Park
Easting
252550
Northing
369452
Street Side
Location
Situated where the NW edge of Vaynol Park where it borders the Menai Strait, and is reached by the track that runs N close to the shore from Glan-y-mor Lodge to Boathouse Covert, immediately W of Ty Glo.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built in the mid C19, before 1871, to facilitate the transportation of supplies, particularly coal, to and from Vaynol Park. The boathouse is presumably contemporary, as is the coalman's house, Ty Glo.
Exterior
The dock is approximately quadrant shaped consisting of a curved rubble breakwater on the N, and a straight quay on the S, including stone steps. Both moles have rounded ends and the breakwater curves back to end beneath the E side of the boathouse. This building has deeply hipped slate roof, laid diagonally, and a verandah on the S supported on cylindrical columns in the manner of Wern-y-Gogas. Full height openings to the W, all extensively modernised. The dock has also been altered and divided up by the insertion of concrete ridges at the base - possibly concealing outfall pipes. At the mouth of the dock is the remains of what was possibly a stop-gate.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual appurtenance of a large estate, relating to its economic prosperity, for its group value with Ty Glo and the boundary of Vaynol Park.
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