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Ysgoldy y Banc

A Grade II Listed Building in Ysbyty Ystwyth, Ceredigion

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.3285 / 52°19'42"N

Longitude: -3.8341 / 3°50'2"W

OS Eastings: 275110

OS Northings: 271630

OS Grid: SN751716

Mapcode National: GBR 93.VDMY

Mapcode Global: VH4FW.HQFT

Plus Code: 9C4R85H8+C9

Entry Name: Ysgoldy y Banc

Listing Date: 23 December 2004

Last Amended: 23 December 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 83425

Building Class: Education

ID on this website: 300083425

Location: Situated some 2 km E of Ysbyty Ystwyth, next to Pantyffynnon.

County: Ceredigion

Town: Ystrad Meurig

Community: Ysbyty Ystwyth

Community: Ysbyty Ystwyth

Traditional County: Cardiganshire

Tagged with: School building

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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.

Interior

Not inspected.

Reasons for Listing

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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