Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


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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