Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
26890
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/08/2002
Date of Amendment
23/08/2002
Name of Property
Monument in Battery Square
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Penrhyndeudraeth
Town
Locality
Portmeirion
Easting
259003
Northing
337159
Street Side
Location
In the centre of the square.
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.
Exterior
The monument is of columnar form; it consists of a fluted iron column in the centre of a large circular brick planter, itself with stepped brick plinth incorporating seat. Surmounting the column is a square plinth supporting a spread eagle on a ball finial
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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