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Description: Bangor Pier,garth Road
Grade: II*
Date Listed: 31 October 1974
Cadw Building ID: 3987
OS Grid Coordinates: 258415, 373254
Latitude/Longitude: 53.2371, -4.1217
Location: 85 Garth Rd, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2SW, UK LL57 2SU
Locality: Bangor
County: Gwynedd
Country: Wales
Postcode: LL57 2SU
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Location
History
Interior
Exterior
Stretching over � mile across the Menai Straits.
Built 1896 by Mr J J Webster of London, contractors Mr Alfred Thorne of London; cost �17,000. It is considered to be the best in Britain of the older type of pier without a large pavilion at the landward end. Damaged by a ship in 1914; closed in 1971 and currently undergoing restoration (Autumn 1987).
1550ft long; the longest surviving in Wales. Largely original steel girders and cast iron columns carrying an extensively rebuilt 24ft wide timber planked deck, kiosks, and pavilions. The pier is entered through ornate wrought iron gates enriched with fleurons and barley twist uprights; square openwork gate piers carrying lanterns. These are flanked by octagonal kiosks with onion domed roofs and Indian style trefoil headed openings; beyond these are similar smaller gates. Cast iron lampstandards and fill length seating to each side of deck. The pier projects at various intervals beyond with polygonal timber kiosks with mostly tent-like roofs. Splayed out at NW end containing 14 sided timber pavilion with 2-stage pyramidal roof. The iron staircase at the end with 6 levels of platforms led to the former floating pontoon.
References: Mates illustrated Guide to Bangor, (1901).
Information from Mr V Hughes.
National Monuments Record.
Reason for Listing
References
This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.
Source: Cadw
Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.
