Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Garth Jetty
Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bangor, Gwynedd, designated on 24 August 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 24 August 2005
- Locality
- Bangor
- Community
- Bangor
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.23742, -4.12252
- Cadw reference
- 84990
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 (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (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
Immediately alongside the pier, on its east side.
History
The jetty was marked as a pier on the 1831 Ordnance Survey map of the area, and marks the site of an early crossing point to Anglesey. Garth Ferry was an important crossing point before the construction of the Menai Bridge in 1826, and it is likely that the jetty belongs to this pre-bridge history. A ferry continued to operate from this jetty until the 1960's.
Exterior
A low and narrow stone jetty, some 100 metres in length, sloping downwards to the water-line. Roughly coursed and squared stonework with large blocks forming its flat surface.
Reason for designation
Listed as a virtually unaltered pre-1840 stone jetty, which forms an important component of the transport history associated with the Menai Strait.
Nearby in the register
- Bangor PierMaritimeunder 1 mi
- 1 - 7 Glandwr TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bron MenaiDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bron MenaiDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.