Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4895
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/01/1971
Date of Amendment
23/08/2002
Name of Property
Statue of Nelson
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Penrhyndeudraeth
Town
Locality
Portmeirion
Easting
258920
Northing
336888
Street Side
Location
Located immediately in front of the Observatory Tower.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
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
Painted, life-sized statue of Nelson in Coade stone; presented to Sir Clough Wiliams-Ellis by Sir Michael Duff of Vaenol Hall near Caernarfon.
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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