Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22789
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/01/2000
Date of Amendment
18/01/2000
Name of Property
Footbridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanberis
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Pen-gilfach
Easting
257061
Northing
361197
Street Side
N
Location
Situated over the former Llanberis-Caernarfon Railway in the grounds of Glyn Padarn close to the south-western shore of Llyn Padarn.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Railway footbridge. Erected to cross the Llanberis to Caernarfon branch of the London & North Western Railway which opened in 1869.
Exterior
Single-span arch over deep cutting in the former Caernarfon to Llanberis Railway. Rectangular stone piers to each end of iron footbridge with circles of increasing-decreasing size to spandrels of the segmental arch; handrail has delicate square panels with thin scissor bracing giving the whole structure an unusualy refined and sophisticated character. Stone steps at each approach, those on south side running staight onto bridge, those to north set at right-angles to it.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a railway footbridge which is a fine example of decorative ironwork, and of group value with Glyn Padarn.
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