South portal of former railway tunnel beneath Castle Square is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 May 2002. Railway portal.

South portal of former railway tunnel beneath Castle Square

WRENN ID
inner-merlon-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 May 2002
Type
Railway portal
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Portal of former double-tracked railway of snecked rock-faced stone. The entrance has a cast iron girder supporting jack arches in the tunnel, inscribed 'de Winton & Co 1869'. Above is a thick roll-moulded band, and modern railings above coping stones, while the opening is flanked by shallow buttresses, of which the L-hand is set back from the end while the R-hand is built into the revetment wall below Segontium Terrace. The L side wall has 4 recesses with brick arches below a roll-moulded band continuous with the entrance elevation, and has coping stone with railings.

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