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Tan-y Bryn Lodge

A Grade II Listed Building in Bangor, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2301 / 53°13'48"N

Longitude: -4.1121 / 4°6'43"W

OS Eastings: 259110

OS Northings: 372423

OS Grid: SH591724

Mapcode National: GBR 5Q.0HL6

Mapcode Global: WH547.T20K

Plus Code: 9C5Q6VJQ+24

Entry Name: Tan-y Bryn Lodge

Listing Date: 2 August 1988

Last Amended: 2 August 1988

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4086

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300004086

Location: Set into the hillside at the base of the drive to Tan-y-Bryn house; at a splayed angle to the main road.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Bangor

Community: Bangor

Built-Up Area: Bangor

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Gatehouse

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History

Dated 1830 to gable and initialled J H C. However, masonry breaks indicate that it probably began as a single storey lodge shortly after the c1810 Tan-y-Bryn House built by Rev James Henry Cotton; the 1st floor was then added in 1830 and the building later extended to rear.

Exterior

2-storey structure with snecked rubble 1st floor and random rubble ground floor and rear. Slate roof, plain bargeboards and overhanging eaves to sides; octagonal rubble chimney stacks including cross roofed lateral chimney breast to N side. Casement windows. The main E elevation is a gable end facing the road; 3-light window with voussoirs and Tudor label over a splayed oriel window with slate hood and wooden shutters. Below the cill is a band with Gothic lettering reading "Latrat Canis, Cavear Latro. Lle bo ci, lleidr a ffu" and the bracketed base has the carved figure of Cerberus, the 3-headed guard dog of the Under-world. This is a particularly unusual feature and was intended to warn off the thieves who were stealing the shrubs from the driveway. The left hand side has a central cross gable just above the eaves and some modern alterations; gabled porch near the front corner.

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  • II Penrhyn Bridge, including parapet walls on the approach road to Penrhyn Castle Port
    Spanning the Afon Cegin at the inner end of Penrhyn Docks. Reached off the Llandegai road and carrying the rear drive into the Penrhyn Estate.
  • II The Old Farmhouse
    Situated on the terrace above the sunken section of the old Holyhead road cutting and reached by the road by the Golf Club. Penybryn House detached to left.
  • II Revetment Walls and Railings
    Short sunken section of the former London to Holyhead Turnpike road cut through the hillside. Reached off the Llandegai Road opposite the road to Port Penrhyn and off the High Street beside Tan y Coe
  • II Portico to the former Penrhyn Arms Hotel
    At the side of the lane leading up to the Golf Club; retained as a feature in the Penybryn gardens.
  • II Penybryn Bridge, including railings & lamp standards
    Carried the lane up to the Golf Club, over the sunken section of the old Holyhead road just below The Old Farmhouse.
  • II Pont Penrhyn (partly in Bangor community)
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  • II Tan-y-Coed
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