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 total cost for the institute and the cottage homes was £20,000. John Prichard Jones, who started his career as an apprentice in retail and later became Managing Director of Dickens and Jones in London, also funded the construction of Prichard Jones Hall at the University of Wales, Bangor, earning him a knighthood.

This cottage is the central one of three on the left as you approach the Institute. It is designed in a simplified neo-Tudor style and is a single-storey building with a two-window range. It features an advanced gabletted bay on one side and 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. A gabled dormer with timber facing sits on a hipped slate roof, which has tiled cresting and a sawtooth main ridge, along with an enriched brick stack.

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