Glyndyfrdwy Council School opened on 6 September 1915, one of few schools to have been built in Wales during the First World War. Designed by Howard Jones of Borth, the school was built under the auspices of Merionethshire County Council at a cost of around £3,000. A report in the local paper stated that the architect had designed ‘many edifices of the kind that are ornaments to the localities in which they exist’, and had ‘excelled even himself by his treatment of Glyndyfrdwy’s requirements.’ The school’s location was deliberately away from the main Holyhead road due to the ‘accumulating toll of young lives which was being taken by motor-cars and other dangers on the highway.’ The former council school at Glyndyfrdwy, now in use with ‘R3 Safety and Rescue Ltd.’, is an early example of how the planning of schools considered the dangers of motor-vehicles. Glyndyfrdwy Primary School was closed on 31st August 2012.

Sources: R3 Saftey & Rescue Ltd; Wales Online article 'Minister approves closure of Ysgol Glyndyfrdwy' dated 7th March 2012; 'New Schools for Glyndyfrdwy', Llangollen Advertiser, 10 September 1915, p.5.

M. Ryder, RCAHMW, 12th January 2021. Updated by M. Powel, RCAHMW. May 2023.