Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4387
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/02/1974
Date of Amendment
26/06/1998
Name of Property
The Old School
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Aberdaron
Town
Locality
Yr Enlli / Bardsey Island
Easting
211963
Northing
321581
Street Side
Location
Situated on E side of track just S of the Cristin walled courtyard.
Description
Broad Class
Education
Period
History
Former island schoolroom, probably mid C19 and pre-dating the major rebuildings on the island carried out for the 3rd Baron Newborough in the 1870s, but said to have been built by Lord Newborough.
Exterior
Schoolroom, rubble stone with slate gabled roof and stone N end stack. Single storey, with 3 x 16-pane sash windows to W front. S end is pebbledashed with one 16-pane renewed window. N end has brick porch with rubble stone crenellation and arched ledged door facing W.
Interior
Three-bay roof with collar-trusses, small plank partition inside NE door. Platform at S end.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a small rural schoolroom, of historical interest and group value with the Cristin buildings to N.
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