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Statue of Buddha

A Grade II Listed Building in Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9134 / 52°54'48"N

Longitude: -4.0983 / 4°5'53"W

OS Eastings: 259003

OS Northings: 337174

OS Grid: SH590371

Mapcode National: GBR 5R.NDY4

Mapcode Global: WH55T.01Q9

Plus Code: 9C4QWW72+9M

Entry Name: Statue of Buddha

Listing Date: 14 January 1971

Last Amended: 23 August 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4889

Building Class: Commemorative

ID on this website: 300004889

Location: Within a Round Aedicular Structure at the foot of the Pantheon.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Penrhyndeudraeth

Community: Penrhyndeudraeth

Locality: Portmeirion

Traditional County: Merionethshire

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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 IĆ¢, in 1926. The village evolved over several decades and was still being added to in the 1970s.

Erected 1963-4 to house a statue of the Buddha which was used during the filming of the Inn of the Sixth Happiness in 1958, starring Ingrid Bergman; the film was shot partly around Plas Brondanw, CWE's home.

Exterior

Over life-sized statue of Buddha in gilded plaster; this is contained within a small 4 columned shelter of painted rubble with rounded red pantiled roof. There is a decorative ironwork balustrade to the front and a flight of access steps winding up to the R.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as 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.

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