Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


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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