Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20151
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/07/1998
Date of Amendment
22/07/1998
Name of Property
Old School
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llanfair Talhaiarn
Town
Locality
Llanfair Talhaiarn
Easting
292719
Northing
370245
Street Side
W
Location
Prominently-sited at the N end of the village opposite Llanfair Bridge; low rubble walled forecourt, with simple spear-headed railings to the side.
Description
Broad Class
Education
Period
History
Single-storey rectangular school-house dated 1836, with later C19 alterations.
Exterior
Of rubble construction with slate roof, half-hipped at the ends and with deep verges and plain bargeboards. Single-storey gabled porch L of centre with plain bargeboards; C19 boarded door with stopped-chamfered frame and cambered head to entrance. Small square lights to the porch reveals, with original lozenge cast-iron glazing. Two modern 6-pane windows to the R and one to the L of this, all in primary openings with cambered heads, projecting stone sills and rough-dressed voussoirs. The E gable has a large cambered window as before, with an inset stone plaque above; this is inscribed: 'National School, Erected 1836'. The W gable end is roughcast and has a low C20 addition with entrance to the N.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a second-quarter C19 village school in a prominent location within the village.
Group value with Glandwr (the former school-master's house) adjacent.
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