Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gate Piers to grounds of Normal College Hostels
Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 2 August 1988
- Community
- Bangor
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.22991, -4.13126
- Cadw reference
- 4089
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
On slightly raised platform; at the base of the path up to the NW courtyard.
History
Probably contemporary and designed by Henry T Hare, architect of the Halls of Residence.
Exterior
Octagonal freestone gate piers with capitals and ball finials, similar to those on College Road; boarded double gates. Modern shelter attached behind and rubble walls attached to either side.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Halls of Residence.
Nearby in the register
- Domestic & Dining Hall Range at Normal CollegeEducationunder 1 mi
- Former Normal College Gymnasium (Gwynedd Technical College, Art & Design Section)Educationunder 1 mi
- Neuadd Alun (Normal College)Educationunder 1 mi
- Neuadd Eryri (Normal College)Educationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.