Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dolgellau Primary School
Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Education
- Date of designation
- 19 June 1990
- Community
- Dolgellau
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.74600, -3.88629
- Cadw reference
- 5055
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on rising ground immediately to the W of the Council Offices.
History
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Exterior
Single storey school building in a long gabled range with outer wings inclined forward. Snecked rubble masonry with red sandstone dressings. Steeply pitched slate roofs, oversailing eaves, deep verges, bargeboards. Angular stone stacks set on square bases - removed to outer ends.
Advanced gabled centre bay, raking gable parapets on kneelers, finial. Large 20 pane mullioned and transomed window, segmental pediment with Welsh motto, centre missing. Two 9 pane mullioned and transomed windows raised into gablets flanking to each side; gable parapets, kneelers 2 transomed single light windows set between.
Porches set to angles where outer wings come forward. Parapets with ball finials. Tudor doorways, decorated spandrels below lettering, GENETHOD to porch on left, BECHGYN to right. Radial fanlights over half-glazed inner double doors. Two transomed single light windows to outer wings. 9 pane mullioned end transomed windows to end elevations.
Three cross ranges to rear, lateral stacks to that to centre. 3 light transomed windows. Rear yard closed off by outbuildings and screen wall with Tudor archway, crow stepped gables.
Retaining wall to front of school, rubble with square piers, contemporary ball pointed railings. Yards to front bounded by rubble walls with piers rising to support ball pointed railings with dogbars.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.