Former Priory Street School with walls and railings is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1981. A Late 20th century for rear wing School, offices.
Former Priory Street School with walls and railings
- WRENN ID
- white-stone-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1981
- Type
- School, offices
- Period
- Late 20th century for rear wing
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Former school, now offices, Gothic style, in coursed rubble stone with Bath stone dressings and slate eaves roofs with bargeboards. Single storey with long main range running E-W, entrance gable projecting to right of centre on N front with small square turret in angle to right. Late C20 added rear wing. Ashlar plinth and quoins. E end has traceried 3-light window with 2 cinquefoils and one quatrefoil. Roundel over. N wall has large windows with chamfered and stopped surrounds and cambered heads, one single and 2 pairs. Late C20 skylight over each. Then the lower gabled porch-wing has plain bargeboard, one window to first floor and a pointed doorway with ledged door offset to right. In angle to right is slender square bell turret with 2 cusped belfry openings each side and steep pyramidal slate roof. Round ashlar chimney on ridge. Windowless wall to right. W end wall has 3 similar cambered-headed long windows with relieving arches over. Rear wall has 2 similar pairs of windows to right and added wing to left. Front forecourt wall of stone with ashlar chamfered coping and short iron railings with 3 horizontal bars between standards, 2 at top, one at bottom, and diagonal struts. Branched finials to standards. Since 1981 walls have been restored and altered with loss of gates, now 2 L-plan lengths.
Mostly modernised, schoolroom has fine stained glass window at E end of 1870 with scenes from education of Christ, given by Valentine Davies.
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