Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
3955
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/08/1988
Date of Amendment
02/08/1988
Name of Property
Former Normal College Gymnasium (Gwynedd Technical College, Art & Design Section)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Bangor
Town
Locality
Easting
257852
Northing
372394
Street Side
Location
On sloping ground, set below the road.
Description
Broad Class
Education
Period
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.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with Normal College Original Building and the University College of North Wales main building.
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