In the 1768, the Bishop of Bangor built a coaching inn on a tenement at Cae'r Glowr. His plan was to use the Porthaethwy landing places for a ferry crossing capable of taking horse-drawn coaches. The plan was set back by legal proceedings against his use of the landing places. However, the inn called the George and Dragon was later taken over, enlarged, and renamed the 'George Hotel'. A curving ramp was built down to the landing place for carriages and a covered walkway was provided for passengers. The landing slipway on the Anglesey side at Porth y Wrach led directly to coaching stables owned by the George Hotel. Mail coaches and horses were changed at these stables. Orders for horse to be made ready were shouted across the Straits by speaking trumpet. The crossing was 400m in length. The George was taken over by the Normal College, Bangor, in 1919. The remains of the curving carriageway and covered passenger footway can still be seen on the mainland side. The Porth y Wrach slipway is still in use, although part of the stables area was used for warehouse development in the 1830s. New housing development is now taking place.

Sources include:
Davies, H R, 1942, A review of the records of the Conway and Menai Ferries, pg243
Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, 2006, Crossing the Straits, pg17

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, July 2008.