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 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, which earned him a knighthood.

This particular cottage is one of three located on the left side as you approach the Institute and is the furthest from the main building. It features a simplified Neo-Tudor style and is a small single-storey structure with two windows and an advanced gabletted bay on one side, along with 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. It has a gabled dormer with timber facing and a hipped slate roof adorned with tiled cresting and a sawtooth design on the main ridge, topped with an enriched brick chimney.

The entrance is off-centre next to the advanced bay and features a hipped roof that is interrupted by a decorative dormer gable with timber framing. This leads to a canted bay window with three lights. The windows are top-hung casements, with the front window having four panes and the side windows two panes each, likely replacing the original sash windows. A four-panelled door is set in a porch created 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 include casement windows, positioned to maintain privacy from the neighboring cottage.