The Old School, Aberdaron, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.759 / 52°45'32"N

Longitude: -4.7881 / 4°47'16"W

OS Eastings: 211963

OS Northings: 321581

OS Grid: SH119215

Mapcode National: GBR GPKD.MJV

Mapcode Global: WH33S.FX67

Plus Code: 9C4QQ656+JQ

Entry Name: The Old School

Listing Date: 20 February 1974

Last Amended: 26 June 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4387

Building Class: Education

ID on this website: 300004387

Location: Situated on E side of track just S of the Cristin walled courtyard.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Aberdaron

Locality: Yr Enlli / Bardsey Island

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: School building

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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.

Reasons for Listing

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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Other nearby listed buildings

II Walls to Old School
Situated immediately in front of the Old School
II Walled Court at Cristin
Situated immediately S of Cristin and N of schoolroom.
II Cristin
Situated on E side of track just SE of Plas Bach and N of the schoolroom.
II Walls to Cristin
Garden walls to gardens in front and yards behind pair of houses at Cristin.
II Walled Court at Plas Bach with attached field walls to S
Situated on W side of track just S of Plas Bach and NW of Cristin.
II Plas Bach
Situated on W side of track, about half-way between the limekiln and the Abbey ruin.
II Walls to Plas Bach
Garden walls to rear and front of Plas Bach
II Limekiln
Situated at intersection of main island track and track to Ty Pellaf and Rhedynog Goch.

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The Old School

A Grade II Listed Building in Aberdaron, Gwynedd