Main Arts Building, Bangor University

The quadrangle in the main college building

The Main Arts Building of Bangor University in Bangor, Gwynedd is the original building of the university and its predecessors. It is a Grade I listed University building in the Collegiate Tudor style with Arts and Crafts influences. Designed by architect Henry Hare it was completed in 1911. The listed building record states that it is architecturally, one of the most significant public buildings of the period in Britain.[1]

Located in the centre of Bangor,[2] the building dominates the views of Bangor in Gwynedd, North Wales.[3] Its highly visible location above the town meant that it became known, in Welsh as "Y Coleg ar y Bryn" (the College on the hill).[4] The building contains the principal administrative areas of the university, in addition to the library, and the large Pritchard-Jones hall, named after Sir John Pritchard Jones.[4]

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  2. ^ "Access information for Main Arts | Student Services & Administration: Getting around Bangor University". www.bangor.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  3. ^ "Bangor Civic Society | Listed Index | Main Arts Building inc PJ Hall". www.bangorcivicsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  4. ^ a b University., Bangor (2009). Cofio'r gorffennol - edrych i'r dyfodol : 1884-2009 : 125 mlynedd. Prifysgol Bangor. OCLC 477252927.