Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Portico to the former Penrhyn Arms Hotel
Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 27 May 1949
- Community
- Bangor
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.23069, -4.11331
- Cadw reference
- 4095
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
At the side of the lane leading up to the Golf Club; retained as a feature in the Penybryn gardens.
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".
Reason for designation
Group value with Penybryn House, The Old Farmhouse, Penybryn Bridge and the old road cutting.
Nearby in the register
- Revetment Walls and RailingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Penybryn HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Penrhyn Bridge, including parapet walls on the approach road to Penrhyn Castle PortTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.