Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26863
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/08/2002
Date of Amendment
23/08/2002
Name of Property
Monument Immediately E of Fountain
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Penrhyndeudraeth
Town
Locality
Portmeirion
Easting
258957
Northing
337096
Street Side
Location
Immediately E of Fountain.
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.
Monument first built c1937, rebuilt in 1991 during restoration of Anchor and Fountain, to give focus to the small square in front of these buildings.
Exterior
Rendered columnar monument on circular slate-coped, rendered base. The column is octagonal and is scribed; moulded capping. Surmounting this is a large terracotta urn with relief hunting frieze.
Interior
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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