Former Friars School
| Date | 8 March 2014 | ||
| Location | Ffriddoedd Road, Bangor | SH 57009 71726; 53.22326°N, 4.14328°W | |
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The former Friars Lower School site on Ffriddoedd Road is owned by Coleg Menai and houses its licensed training restaurant and hair and beauty salons. The Grade II listed building was constructed in Tudor style by Chester-based architects Douglas and Minshull and opened in 1900 as the third location in Bangor of Friars School, which had been established in 1557 by bequest of Geoffrey Glynne in the old Friary (founded in 1276 and dissolved in 1538). A new school building for senior pupils was established at Eithinog when Friars became co-educational in 1971. The Ffriddoedd site continued to be part of the school until 1999 when a new school building was opened at the Eithinog site. Further Reading Friars Lower School (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales);
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Former Friars School
Former Friars School
Former Friars School
Former Friars School
Former Friars School
1899
Former Friars School
Antiquae scholae hic resurgentis monimentum posuit Watkin Herbertus Williams STP Episcopus Bangoriensis Prid Id Apr A S MDCCCXCIX (The foundation stone was laid in 1899 by Watkin Herbert Williams, Bishop of Bangor from 1899 to 1925)
Friars School Foedere Fraterno 1557 (The motto means ‘On with the brotherhood’)
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A very fine building, although I am not sure about the central “keep” with those huge windows, but it does all hang together very nicely.Your photos are as always excellent, but I do especially like your photo with the arrow!
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Thanks, Iain. I think the off-centre placement of the entrance portal gives the ‘keep’ a slightly disturbing lack of symmetry. But at least the original façade masks from view the later additions to the buildings.
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