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Dolgellau Primary School

A Grade II Listed Building in Dolgellau, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.746 / 52°44'45"N

Longitude: -3.8863 / 3°53'10"W

OS Eastings: 272768

OS Northings: 318155

OS Grid: SH727181

Mapcode National: GBR 90.05SH

Mapcode Global: WH56P.87MP

Plus Code: 9C4RP4W7+CF

Entry Name: Dolgellau Primary School

Listing Date: 19 June 1990

Last Amended: 19 June 1990

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 5055

Building Class: Education

ID on this website: 300005055

Location: Situated on rising ground immediately to the W of the Council Offices.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Dolgellau

Community: Dolgellau

Built-Up Area: Dolgellau

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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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.

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