Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21612
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/1999
Date of Amendment
31/03/1999
Name of Property
Pwllheli Gates and Gate Piers to Amgueddfa Lloyd George
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanystumdwy
Town
Criccieth
Locality
Llanystumdwy
Easting
247563
Northing
338556
Street Side
Location
The Pwllheli gates form the N entrance to the museum grounds from the road running E from Pont Llanystumdwy, and directly opposite the grave of David Lloyd George.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
The gates and gatepiers were designed by Clough Williams-Ellis and donated by Pwllheli town council to the Lloyd George memorial park, being erected and opened on the 17th January 1952.
Exterior
The Pwllheli gates are set in a curved re-entrant of the roadside wall. Tall gate piers constructed of squared rubble, with offsetting top courses forming a rough cornice, surmounted by a step and tall urn finials with flaming gadrooned tops. Wrought iron gates, made by the Glaslyn Foundry, Portmadoc, with side panels, and having a lock and top rail sweeping up from the monogram crest at the centre to the elephant and castle badge of the donor town. Slate plaques mounted on the outward facing side of the piers recording the dates.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a handsome set of gates designed by an eminent architect as part of the national memorial to David Lloyd George.
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