Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Infants' School
Llanrwst, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Education
- Date of designation
- 19 February 1993
- Locality
- Llanrwst
- Community
- Llanrwst
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.13750, -3.79496
- Cadw reference
- 3624
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
At junction of Watling Street and Glanrhyd, to rear of Junior School. Set in schoolyard with stone wall with cast iron gates and railings.
History
1896-97 by Grierson and Bellis, architects of Bangor. Illustrated with minor differences of detail in Building News, June 26 1896.
Exterior
Free Northern Renaissance style; rubble with pale freestone dressings, slate roofs. On plinth with string course below windows. Small pane casement glazing. Entrance front faces roughly NW. Two gables; larger R gable has tall plus lower small pane window with shaped pediments, truncated red brick chimney at apex; lower L gable has two windows. Between gables, infants entrance porch, freestone doorcase consisting of squat columns on plinths, columns support Mannerist hyperbolic pediment flanked by finials, square window to R return. Right elevation has to R, large gable with three windows STS and narrow door to L with tall architrave and overlight. To L, smaller gable with tall window, and to R narrow door with overlight; narrow window to R. To L of this gable, smaller square-headed window. Left elevation has to L, large shaped gable; in block to R, two broad dormers under raking roofs. Rear elevation has to R, shaped gable with two small pane windows in architraves with shaped pediments, smaller square-headed window to L.
Reason for designation
Included as part of good representative group of Junior and Infants' Schools and Master's house.
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Junior SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
- School HouseEducationunder 1 mi
- Wall to south of Pont FawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pen-y-Bont InnCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.