Former Normal College Gymnasium (Gwynedd Technical College, Art & Design Section), Bangor, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2295 / 53°13'46"N

Longitude: -4.131 / 4°7'51"W

OS Eastings: 257852

OS Northings: 372394

OS Grid: SH578723

Mapcode National: GBR 5P.0K0W

Mapcode Global: WH547.J330

Plus Code: 9C5Q6VH9+RJ

Entry Name: Former Normal College Gymnasium (Gwynedd Technical College, Art & Design Section)

Listing Date: 2 August 1988

Last Amended: 2 August 1988

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3955

Building Class: Education

Also known as: Mynedfa'r adeilad, gyferbyn â phrif adeilad y Coleg Nornal
Manylyn o do'r adeilad

ID on this website: 300003955

Location: On sloping ground, set below the road.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Bangor

Built-Up Area: Bangor

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Ca 1910, probably by H T Hare, architect of the neighbouring hostels. Edwardian Arts and Crafts style. Built as the Gymnasium to the Normal College.

Exterior

Asymmetrical single storey, pebbledash 8-bay gabled front with attic to centre. Cement render dressings including quoins and gable parapets; flat buttresses divide central bays. Slate roofs with skylights, ventilator and cresting; pebbledash chimney stacks including one tapered lateral chimney breast with stack against gabled projection. Flat roof attic has 7-light small pane casement window and segmental pediment. Stepped and shaped gables with finials to either end, to right with Baroque scrolls; cross frame windows to left (curious mixture of sash and casement) and thermal window to right. Advanced lower gables between with plain bargeboards and applied timberwork; 3-light windows.

3-windows similarly gabled side elevations with overhanging eaves; small pane windows. Rear elevation has 3-gables to either end stepping inwards; shaped outer gables and central attic as on front. Lower extension and stone steps up to modern entrance.

Iron railings to front. Square gate piers, with gates, at either end; gall finials and vermiculated panels and chamfered corners.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with Normal College Original Building and the University College of North Wales main building.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Domestic & Dining Hall Range at Normal College
At the centre of the Top College site; linked to the Halls of Residence by arcaded and covered passages. On steeply sloping site.
II Gate Piers to grounds of Normal College Hostels
On slightly raised platform; at the base of the path up to the NW courtyard.
II Pillar Box on Pavement to W of Music Department Building
Beside the NE drive entrance to the University College main building.
II Athroly's (Normal College)
At right angles to the road, elevated at the SE end of the upper courtyard; Neuadd Alun immediately to NW.
II Bryn Afon (Centre for Social Policy Research and Development)
Reached by a narrow access lane. Land drops away steeply to N with broad views over Menai Straits.
II Neuadd Alun (Normal College)
To SW side of the upper courtyard; faces NE.
I University College of North Wales Main Building (Original Courtyard Ranges only)
Dominating the view of Upper Bangor.
II Main Entrance to Normal College, attached Boundary Walls & entrance to Athroly's and Neuadd John Phi
At the roadside; leading into the upper courtyard of the Halls of Residence.

British Listed Buildings

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Former Normal College Gymnasium (Gwynedd Technical College, Art & Design Section)

A Grade II Listed Building in Bangor, Gwynedd