Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bodelwyddan Village Hall (former School)
Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Civil
- Date of designation
- 6 December 2002
- Locality
- The Village
- Community
- Bodelwyddan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.26732, -3.49709
- Cadw reference
- 80737
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
In Bodelwyddan Village, opposite the Vicarage.
History
A large village school probably by the same architect as St Margaret''''s Church, John Gibson. Around the main entrance is an inscription in decorative lettering ''''''''Erected by Margaret Willoughby de Broke AD MDCCCLVII'''''''' with mottoes ''''''''Fear the Lord'''''''' and ''''''''Honour the Queen''''''''. The school was endowed with a fund of £1666.13.4d (£1,666.66) invested at 3%, but the endowment lapsed when the school came under LEA control, following which the fund was applied instead to church expenses.
The building ceased as a school in c1980 and is now the village hall.
Exterior
A school building in simplified Tudor style, consisting of a main N/S schoolrooms range facing E to the village street and set back behind a playground, with the head teacher''''s house to the S and the assistant teacher''''s house to the N.
The building is in axe-dressed local limestone laid in informal coursing, with better snecked masonry in the 2 houses. Roof of slates in regular courses with a tile ridge. The composition is symmetrical, with a central porch slightly advancing and rising to a coped gable with corbelled kneelers. This is the same height as the main range and there is a simple octagonal central flèche where the 2 roofs join. The main entrance has a Tudor 4-centred arch and the Bodelwyddan arms in a panel above, and slit ventilator to the roof. It is flanked by 2 3-light schoolroom windows each side with flat lintels. Around the entrance is an inscription and date, with the arms of the Williams family over.
The end-pavilions of the composition are the slightly advancing gable ends of the 2 houses; these are each 3-window 2-storey houses facing S and N. Each has a small porch in stone with a coped gable. Hornless sash windows with 8 panes, arranged as 4 upright panes per sash. Large stone chimney where the house abuts the schoolrooms range. Roof-lights at rear. The E elevation has a bay window with slate roof and a sash window of 8 panes similar to those at front above. Similar upper window at W. Slit ventilator to the roof at E and W.
Central gable at rear also, much extended.
Reason for designation
A fine village school building of symmetrical composition built as an integral part of a well preserved estate village.
Nearby in the register
- 18, The VillageNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 17, The VillageNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 16, The VillageNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Fountain near Marble ChurchCivilunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.