Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
14/01/1971
Date of Amendment
23/08/2002
Name of Property
Chronometer Sundial
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Penrhyndeudraeth
Location
Half-way down the flight of steps immediately to the NW of Ladies Lodge and Round House.
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
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.
Exterior
Sundial in chronometer shape supported by a life-sized lead puto figure. The sundial itself is of brass;circular slate plinth with rendered columnar base approx 0.50m high.
Reason for designation
Listed as one of a number of buildings and structures erected by the eminent architect and conservationist Sir Clough Williams-Ellis for his visionary Portmeirion villiage.
Group value with other listed items at Portmeirion.
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