Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Angel Gates (Hercules Gate)
Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, designated on 14 January 1971.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 14 January 1971
- Locality
- Portmeirion
- Community
- Penrhyndeudraeth
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.91313, -4.09944
- Cadw reference
- 4857
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
Opposite the Town Hall entrance.
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.
Erected c1937 to complement the Town Hall building, commenced in that year; a photograph of the Town Hall under construction shows the gates and gate piers alreay in situ. The gates are dated 1908.
Exterior
A fine set of wrought iron double gates set between 2 full-height rusticated sandstone piers, each surmounted by a cornice and urn. Complex decorative iron overthrow within which is the date 1908. These gates are an important axis and announce Town Hall, the entrance to which is aligned onto them immediately to the SW.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine pair of Edwardian gates and gate piers; 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.
Nearby in the register
- AstrolabeGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- AngelCommercialunder 1 mi
- Bandstand and Adjoining Flight of Descending Steps (the Hercules Steps)Miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Portmeirion Town HallCivilunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.