Former Normal College Gymnasium (Gwynedd Technical College, Art & Design Section) is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 August 1988. Gymnasium.

Former Normal College Gymnasium (Gwynedd Technical College, Art & Design Section)

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second-flint-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 August 1988
Type
Gymnasium
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Asymmetrical single storey, pebbledash 8-bay gabled front with attic to centre. Cement render dressings including quoins and gable parapets; flat buttresses divide central bays. Slate roofs with skylights, ventilator and cresting; pebbledash chimney stacks including one tapered lateral chimney breast with stack against gabled projection. Flat roof attic has 7-light small pane casement window and segmental pediment. Stepped and shaped gables with finials to either end, to right with Baroque scrolls; cross frame windows to left (curious mixture of sash and casement) and thermal window to right. Advanced lower gables between with plain bargeboards and applied timberwork; 3-light windows.

3-windows similarly gabled side elevations with overhanging eaves; small pane windows. Rear elevation has 3-gables to either end stepping inwards; shaped outer gables and central attic as on front. Lower extension and stone steps up to modern entrance.

Iron railings to front. Square gate piers, with gates, at either end; gall finials and vermiculated panels and chamfered corners.

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