Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
23/12/2004
Date of Amendment
23/12/2004
Name of Property
Ysgoldy y Banc
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Location
Situated some 2 km E of Ysbyty Ystwyth, next to Pantyffynnon.
History
Small schoolhouse built in 1868, probably associated with the lead-mining community.
Exterior
Former school, rubble stone with slate eaves roof. Single storey. Front has plaque 'Ysgoldy y Banc 1868' in gable and narrow door with overlight and yellow brick head. Sides each have two elongated twelve-pane horned sash windows with C20 external shutters, and S end has one. Brick heads, slate sills. Roof of small slates.
Reason for designation
Included as a rare surviving example of a simple rural school-room, in the context of a scattered lead mining settlement now largely lost.
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