4862

 

II  

Designated  

14/01/1971  

23/08/2002  

Gothick Pavilion  

 

Gwynedd  

Penrhyndeudraeth  

 

Portmeirion  

258966  

337162  

 

Facing the Central Piazza on the SE side.  

Domestic  

 

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. The Gothick Pavilion was originally built c1815 as a porch for Nerquis Hall, Flintshire, perhaps to designs by Benjamin Gummow. It was re-erected at Portmeirion, in amended form, in 1966, and was dedicated to the memory of William Madocks, as recorded in a plaque of 1973.  

Pavilion in Gothick style, consisting of a tall loggia with four clustered columns in stone supporting an entablature with frieze of Gothic pattern. Castellated parapet, raised over the centre in pediment form; four tall surmounting obelisk finials topped by urns. Trefoil-headed open arch to the rear wall. A flight of three cobbled steps leads up to the structure.  

 

Listed as an early C19 porch, formerly at Nerquis Hall, Flintshire, rebuilt and incorporated by the eminent architect and conservationist Sir Clough Williams-Ellis in his visionary Portmeirion villiage. Group value with other listed items at Portmeirion.