Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Villa Winch
Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, designated on 23 August 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 23 August 2002
- Locality
- Portmeirion
- Community
- Penrhyndeudraeth
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.91385, -4.09853
- Cadw reference
- 26871
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the NE side of the village, behind Chantry.
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 1966-7 to plans dated April and June 1966. Captain Henry Winch was a neighbour and friend of Sir Clough's and the latter had for some years been planning a studio cottage for him.
Exterior
Two-storey villa-scale building with rendered elevations and hipped, pantiled roof. The front elevation (facing SE) is symmetrical and consists of an advanced 2-bay central section with broad single flanking bays; stucco pilasters define the sections and the central part has a moulded parapet with urn finials to R and L; 12-pane sashes to both floors, with trompe l'oeil oculi below the parapet. Tripartite windows to the outer bays on the first floor, with 12-pane sashes having 8-pane narrow outer lights. Those to the ground-floor however, have part-glazed doors in place of windows in the centre. All ground floor openings have segmental plaster arches. A parapetted stair curves up to the L giving access to a first floor entrance on the side (SW) elevation. The entrance has a part-glazed door with flanking lights in a tripartite arrangement and is recessed within a balconied loggia. This sits above a ground floor recessed balcony with similar door arrangement and contained within a wide depressed arch. A short section of link wall with arch connects Villa Winch to Chantry at the SE corner.
There is a balustraded terrace in front of the main elevation.
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.
Nearby in the register
- ChantryCivilunder 1 mi
- Columnar Monument Immediately S of ChantryGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Neo-Jacobean Gateway and Adjoining Walls to the NE of the Central PiazzaGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Chantry RowDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.