Prichard Jones Institute Cottage Home

The Prichard Jones Institute Cottage Home was built in 1905 as one of six cottages associated with the Institute. A plaque inside the Institute's hallway explains that the building and cottages were erected and funded by John Prichard Jones, a native of the parish, and given as a gift to the people of Newborough and surrounding parishes. The architect was Rowland Lloyd Jones of Caernarvon, and the builder was Hugh Hughes of Newborough. The entire project cost £20,000. John Prichard Jones, who began as an apprentice in Caernarfon and later became Managing Director of Dickens and Jones in London, also financed the construction of Prichard Jones Hall at the University of Wales, Bangor, an accomplishment recognized with a knighthood.

This particular cottage is one of three situated to the right of the approach to the Institute, and is furthest from the main building. It is a small, single-story structure in a simplified Neo-Tudor style. The building has a two-window facade, with an advanced gabled bay on one side – this bay has its own gabled dormer window. There are lean-to extensions to the rear. The front is faced with local rubble stone, with gritstone quoins and sandstone dressings; the side and rear elevations are rendered, while the dormer features timber facing. The cottage has a slate roof with a shaped red-brick axial stack to the end of the advanced gabled wing; red clay ridge tiles are used, plain on hipped ridges and with a sawtooth pattern along the main ridge. The advanced wing features a three-light canted bay window in the gable end, topped by a gabled dormer. The windows are top-hung casements; the front window has four panes, while the side windows originally had two panes apiece (and likely replaced earlier sash windows). The entrance is through a panelled door, set under a small porch created by the continuation of the roofline on corbelled brackets, which are formed in the angle of the advanced bay; a further casement window is set to the side. The side and rear elevations also have casement windows deliberately placed to avoid overlooking neighboring cottages.