Education Offices at Pencadlys Gwynedd

C-shaped building forming three sides of a square opposite the main offices, incorporating the earlier large house at 5 Castle Street (3845) as its left side balanced by a similarly sized and proportioned three storey square block on the right, the two linked by a one and a half storey range. Right side block is a rendered squashed cube with three storeys and three bays to its two street facing sides. Hipped slate roof. At street level three wide arches form a short colonnade along Castle Street with two further arches after turning the corner, resting on concrete columns with a double column at the corner. Recessed stone walls beneath these arches. Small-paned windows (uPVC) to first and second floors, with continuous string courses. Right side first floor window in north side facing the square has a projecting balcony with iron mermaid, recovered by Dewi-Prys Thomas from a home for sailors in Liverpool. Link section including the main entrance is mainly glass with stone footings at street level, with strongly overhanging slate mansard roof above supported on paired steel pilotis. Dormer windows with raking slate roofs within the mansard.

Original reception desk under timber staircase with paired steel balusters similar to the façade’s pilotis. First floor offices with dormer windows along one side of corridor.