Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
21600
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/1999
Date of Amendment
31/03/1999
Name of Property
Ysgol Llanystumdwy
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanystumdwy
Town
Criccieth
Locality
Llanystumdwy
Easting
247329
Northing
338567
Street Side
Location
The school lies at the W end of the village, on the N side of the road.
Description
Broad Class
Education
Period
History
The National School for Llanystumdwy was built c1880 to provide Church of England education for the children of the village. It is of significance as being the school attended by Dai George, the future Prime Minister David Lloyd George, after his arrival in the village in 1864, and the scene of the famous silent protest which he led against the reciting of the Anglican catechism in the presence of the Tory governors, clergy and staff of the school. The building is largely in its original form, as known to Lloyd George, having two classrooms with separate entrances for boys and girls, and the schoolmaster's house attached at the E end. Only the wall dividing the playground into areas for boys and girls, and the outside toilets have been removed.
Exterior
The school is built of rubble stonework, with slate roofs. The two classrooms are end-to-end, parallel to the road, with a forward wing containing side entrances, and the 2-storey master's house at the E end. The schoolrooms have 4 metal windows of 1950's design at the front, with rendered surrounds and concrete sills, and a transomed C20 window in the W gable end. A roof ventilation opening has been blocked. The lower short front entrance wing has framed and boarded doors at the sides, and 2 timber windows to the gable end against the road. A short gabled wing extends to the rear from the gable end, and itself has a lean-to. The house has 2 windows on the ground floor, 1 x 12-pane sash and one wider timber casement window. The first floor has 3 x 16-pane sash windows with further windows on the E side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included largely for its association with the early life of the future Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, and the scene of his first significant revolt against authority.
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