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Entrance Piers at the Minffordd Approach to Portmeirion

A Grade II Listed Building in Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9248 / 52°55'29"N

Longitude: -4.0894 / 4°5'21"W

OS Eastings: 259640

OS Northings: 338419

OS Grid: SH596384

Mapcode National: GBR 5R.MWMD

Mapcode Global: WH55M.4RY4

Plus Code: 9C4QWWF6+W7

Entry Name: Entrance Piers at the Minffordd Approach to Portmeirion

Listing Date: 23 August 2002

Last Amended: 23 August 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 26888

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300026888

Location: Set back slightly from the main road at its junction with the access road to Portmeirion.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Penrhyndeudraeth

Community: Penrhyndeudraeth

Locality: Portmeirion

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Gatepost

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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

Pair of entrance piers; of whitened cement blocks in three diminishing stages and with stopped-chamfered edges; on square plinth bases. Each pier is surmounted by a square vase of reconstituted stone with figurative relief decoration to the sides.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a pair of C20 entrance piers erected by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, architect and conservationist, as part of his inspired Portmeirion Village.

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