Chronometer Sundial, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9134 / 52°54'48"N

Longitude: -4.0985 / 4°5'54"W

OS Eastings: 258988

OS Northings: 337170

OS Grid: SH589371

Mapcode National: GBR 5R.NDX1

Mapcode Global: WH55T.01MB

Plus Code: 9C4QWW72+9J

Entry Name: Chronometer Sundial

Listing Date: 14 January 1971

Last Amended: 23 August 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4892

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300004892

Location: Half-way down the flight of steps immediately to the NW of Ladies Lodge and Round House.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Penrhyndeudraeth

Locality: Portmeirion

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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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

Sundial in chronometer shape supported by a life-sized lead puto figure. The sundial itself is of brass;circular slate plinth with rendered columnar base approx 0.50m high.

Reasons for Listing

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.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Round House Including Adjoining Arch and Walkway
Located immediately to the W of Ladies Lodge.
II Steps, Piers and Associated Cobbled Pavement Descending From Ladies Lodge to the Hercules Statue
Bordering the Central Piazza on the S side between Ladies Lodge and the Hercules Statue.
II Ladies Lodge (Siop Bach)
On the northern corner of Battery Square, opposite the Statue of Buddha and adjoining Round House via an arch.
II Statue of Buddha
Within a Round Aedicular Structure at the foot of the Pantheon.
II* The Colonnade
Overlooking the Central Piazza to the E.
II Monument in Battery Square
In the centre of the square.
II Prior's Lodging
Facing Battery Square, adoining Battery.
II Columnar Monument Immediately S of Chantry
On a rock outcrop immediately to the S of Chantry.

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Chronometer Sundial

A Grade II Listed Building in Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd