Dinas Powys Church in Wales Primary School was built 1969-71 to the designs of Alex Gordon & Partners. Contractors were John Morgan (Builders) Ltd. of Cardiff. Single-storey low profile design with brick foundations and heavily fenestrated through curtain walling to maximise sunlight into the classrooms. The school could originally accommodate 280 pupils. Build cost around £70,000.

M. Powel, RCAHMW. July 2024.

Source: 19th Annual Report of the County Architect for the Financial Year Ended 31st March 1970 (Glamorgan County Council), pp.11-15; 'Dinas Powis Church In Wales 1970s Primary School Postcard', Postcard Finder

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