Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
26880
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/08/2002
Date of Amendment
23/08/2002
Name of Property
Dovecote Above Portmeirion Hotel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Penrhyndeudraeth
Town
Locality
Portmeirion
Easting
258907
Northing
337021
Street Side
Location
On the cliff immediately above and overlooking the hotel.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Portmeirion was designed and laid out by the celebrated architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis (1883-1978) following his purchase of the estate, then called Aber Iâ, in 1926. The village evolved over several decades and was still being added to in the 1970s.
C19 dovecote associated with the original Aber Ia (now the hotel building; `Cloughed-up' by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis).
Exterior
Rubble dovecote in the form of a cylindrical tower. The upper section has four tiers of nesting boxes with square holes and continuous projecting slate ledges. The structure is surmounted by a rendered balustrade with slatestone capping.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a C19 dovecote with alterations by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis.
Group value with other listed items at Portmeirion.
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