Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gate piers on Bryntirion Drive
Pentir, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 September 1997
- Locality
- Vaynol Park
- Town
- Bangor
- Community
- Pentir
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.19140, -4.19841
- Cadw reference
- 18926
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1896 "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Located on a short driveway from the Felinheli Road, on the drive to Bryntirion and Brynadda.
History
Vaynol Estate boundary wall was commenced 1863 and construction continued until c1870. There are indications that the gates were built slightly before the adjoining wall.
Exterior
Built of local freestone, and set in the estate boundary wall. Square in plan and slightly tapered upwards to a flat necking band, and weathered slate cappings. Bryntirion Lodge, attached to the right, has been altered.
Reason for designation
Included as a strong and distinctive element in the listed park boundary wall of the Vaynol Estate.
Nearby in the register
- Port Church and Port Church HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cae GlasDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cae GlasDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cae GlasDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.