Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
C19 Wall Adjoining Bridge House to the E
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
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 23 August 2002
- Locality
- Portmeirion
- Community
- Penrhyndeudraeth
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.91347, -4.09752
- Cadw reference
- 26872
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 S side of the road between Bridge House and the Gatehouse, with the Grotto beyond.
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.
Second-quarter C19 wall and arch associated with the original house of Aber Ia, now the Portmeirion Hotel; alterations by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis.
Exterior
Rubble wall with a maximum height of approximately 2.5m; this adjoins Bridge House to the E and curves gently outwards and downwards facing the estuary. There is a gap approximately a third of the way along with a plain cast iron balcony with rendered rubble flanking piers and surmounting cast iron fluted vases. The wall continues until it terminates in a circular pier at the cliff edge. In the centre of this last section, opposite a flight of steps leading down from the road in front of the Gatehouse, is a cyclopean, Tudor-arched slate entrance with walls sloped up to the L and R.
Reason for designation
Listed as a C19 wall and arch associated with the original house of Aber Ia; one of a number of buildings and structures erected or altered 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
- The Gate HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Rotunda or GrottoDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Belvedere, Including Associated TerracesDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Bridge HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.