Rhyl Primary School And Nursery And Attached Railings And Wall

Rhyl Primary School and Nursery, along with its attached railings and wall, is a Board School built between 1897 and 1898 by T.J. Bailey for the School Board for London. The building is constructed from yellow stock brick, with the ground floor of the two central bays channelled, and features red brick and stone dressings. It has a symmetrical design with eight bays in a Classical style.

The exterior consists of three storeys, with the outer bays projecting and the penultimate bays being narrow and slightly recessed, containing entrances (the left-hand entrance has been modernised). The two central bays are slightly projecting. All bays, except for the entrance bays, are defined by brick pilasters that rise through the first and second floors, featuring stone bases, bands, and carved Ionic capitals adorned with swags. These support an entablature with a stone cornice and a brick blocking course. The outer bays have pediments that front tiled roofs instead of the blocking course. The ground and first floor windows have gauged brick flat arches over recessed sashes with exposed boxing, while the second floor windows are segmental-arched, with the central two bays and outer bays featuring shaped brick aprons. The left-hand outer bay windows are mostly blind. Above the blocking course, there are two stepped chimneys topped with small pediments.

The rear facade facing Marsden Street is also of interest, with projecting pedimented outer bays designed in a similar style. The bays contain small paired sashes, with two deep to each floor (the top floors have enriched aprons) to the right and left of the towers. These towers feature paired sashes and pyramidal roofs of curved profile that terminate in lanterns with ogee finials, flanking a central five-window bay that has arcading with banded pilasters on the first floor, a sill cornice on the second floor, and brick pilasters on the third floor that support a subsidiary cornice beneath a stepped parapet. The roof is hipped and includes three small dormers with tall conical roofs.

The interior has not been inspected. The building also features attached railings with urn finials on a low brick wall.