Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Railings including the gate at the mainland end of the Menai Suspension Bridge lining the NW side of
Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 2 August 1988
- Community
- Bangor
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.21830, -4.16212
- Cadw reference
- 4050
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
History
Section of railings beginning at the wrought iron gate at right angles to the tapered pier at the end of the bridge parapet; continued along the road as far as the brick garden wall of the Lodge Cottage. Said to have been originally on the bridge.
Exterior
Characteristic Telford designed gate with radiating metal ribs and trellised gate posts; the railings are also of trellised design.
Reason for designation
Group value with the Menai Suspension Bridge.
Nearby in the register
- Railings including the Gate at the mainland end of the Menai suspension ridge, lining the SE side ofTransportunder 1 mi
- Antelope Inn P.H.Commercialunder 1 mi
- Menai Suspension BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Entrance gate piers to the Britannia ParkGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.