Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Statue of Nelson
Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 14 January 1971
- Locality
- Portmeirion
- Community
- Penrhyndeudraeth
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.91084, -4.09940
- Cadw reference
- 4895
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
Located immediately in front of the Observatory Tower.
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
Painted, life-sized statue of Nelson in Coade stone; presented to Sir Clough Wiliams-Ellis by Sir Michael Duff of Vaenol Hall near Caernarfon.
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
- Observatory TowerMaritimeunder 1 mi
- White HorsesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Portmeirion Hotel Including Revetment, Balustrade and Sculptures to the Upper TerraceCommercialunder 1 mi
- Dovecote Above Portmeirion HotelGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.