Prichard Jones Institute Cottage Home

The Prichard Jones Institute Cottage Home, built in 1905, is part of a group of six cottages established by John Prichard Jones as a gift to the people of Newborough and surrounding areas. The architect was Rowland Lloyd Jones from Caernarfon, and the builder was Hugh Hughes from Newborough. The construction cost was £20,000. John Prichard Jones, who started as an apprentice in retail and later became the Managing Director of Dickens and Jones in London, also funded the Prichard Jones Hall at the University of Wales, Bangor, earning him a knighthood.

This cottage is one of three located on the right side as you approach the Institute, and it is the closest to the main building. It features a simplified Neo-Tudor style and is a small single-storey structure with a two-window range. On one side, there is an advanced gabletted bay with a gabled dormer, and there are lean-to extensions at the rear. The exterior is faced with local granite rubble and has Ruabon stone dressings, while the side and rear elevations are rendered. The gabled dormer has timber facing. The hipped slate roof is adorned with tiled cresting and has a sawtooth design along the main ridge, complemented by an enriched brick stack.

The entrance is off-centre, located next to the advanced bay, and features a hipped roof that is broken by a decorative dormer gable with timber framing. This entrance leads to a canted bay window with three lights, and the windows throughout the cottage are top-hung casements. The front window has four panes, while the side windows have two panes, likely replacing the original sash windows. A four-panelled door is set in a porch formed by the continuation of the main roof slope, supported by corbelled brackets, with a recessed four-light casement window alongside. The side and rear elevations also contain casement windows, positioned to avoid overlooking the neighboring cottage.