Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4095
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/05/1949
Date of Amendment
02/08/1988
Name of Property
Portico to the former Penrhyn Arms Hotel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Bangor
Town
Locality
Easting
259034
Northing
372491
Street Side
Location
At the side of the lane leading up to the Golf Club; retained as a feature in the Penybryn gardens.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Formerly the portico at the main entrance to the Penrhyn Arms Hotel built in 1799 by Benjamin Wyatt. Owned by Bicknell family in earlier C19 and then in 1884 it became the first home of the University College of North Wales. Additions were made by Richard Davies, architect of Bangor. The University moved to new buildings in 1926 and the hotel was later demolished to enable the A5 to be re-routed slightly to the N.
Exterior
Freestone Tuscan Doric portico set against a coursed rubble arched entrance that formed part of the long Georgian front. Voussoirs to archway and sockets for beams for porch roof. Paired columns to the front of the portico, pilasters to the block; plain entablature with slate plaque reading: "1799-1884 Yma Y Safai Gwesty’r "Penrhyn Arms" Cartref Cyntaf Coleg Prifysgol Gogledd Cymru 1884-1926".
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with Penybryn House, The Old Farmhouse, Penybryn Bridge and the old road cutting.
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