Athroly's (Normal College) is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 April 1980. College.
Athroly's (Normal College)
- WRENN ID
- lost-courtyard-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1980
- Type
- College
- Address
- Athroly's (Normal College), Bangor
- OS grid reference
- SH 579 724
- Coordinates
- 53.23001, -4.13002
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Athroly's, also known as Normal College, is a two-storey building with an attic, featuring a five-bay front made of cement render facing southwest. It has a slate roof with swept boarded eaves and cement render chimney stacks, one of which is off centre. The central bay is taller and projects forward, showcasing a hipped roof, a crenellated parapet, splayed corners, and pedimented pilaster buttresses. The first floor has two windows that are linked by hoodmoulds and flanked by a coat of arms. The main entrance is located on the southeast side of this central bay, featuring an arched headed doorway with a dropped keystone and a two-panel door beneath a lettered plaque. The windows throughout the building are small pane leaded casements of various widths. The chimney breasts are advanced at the gable ends, with pronounced kneelers above tapered corner pilasters that rise to the first floor cill level.
The northeast elevation is asymmetrical and resembles those of the hostels, featuring a raised central gable above two-storey bay windows with extended glazing on the ground floor. There are small outbuildings at the northwest end, along with a short section of wall that terminates at a ball finial.
Local climate
Athroly's (Normal College) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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