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.

Built in 1925-6 as one of the earliest of the village buildings at Portmeirion. The roof received its present hipped form c1963; it had formerly been pantiled.

Exterior

Small, single storey building of vernacular cottage character; of whitened rubble with shallow, hipped slate roof. Tall, round lateral chimney with conical cap. The Seaward end (SE-facing) is built out on tapering octagonal columns as a loggia. Small-pane glazing within, with French windows to the centre; small asymmetrically-placed windows with small-pane glazing to the long side elevations.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as one of the earliest and most dramatically-sited of the village buildings; one of a number of buildings and structures designed by the eminent architect and conservationist Sir Clough Williams-Ellis for his visionary Portmeirion villiage.

Group value with other listed items at Portmeirion.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29484453

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