Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Portal at the entrance to Bangor Railway Tunnel
Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bangor, Gwynedd, designated on 2 August 1988.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 2 August 1988
- Community
- Bangor
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.22181, -4.13237
- Cadw reference
- 4124
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1896 map "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
To SE of the main station building.
History
The Chester to Holyhead railway was proposed to improve links between London and Dublin. The bill was passed in July 1844 with Robert Stephenson as engineer and Francis Thompson as architect, however the portals were built by Mr Forster, the resident engineer for this stretch of the line which was opened on 1 May 1848. The other portal, to the Belmont Tunnel, was rebuilt in 1881.
Exterior
Egyptian style. Coursed stone; square headed opening with tapered sides. Wide swept entablature and cornice.
Reason for designation
Group value with the Railway Station main building.
Nearby in the register
- The British Hotel (including British Buttery Bar)Commercialunder 1 mi
- Railway Station Original BuildingTransportunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box on up platformCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- The Harp Inn PH including attached former outbuildings (78-82 Even nos)Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.