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Hercules Statue

A Grade II Listed Building in Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9132 / 52°54'47"N

Longitude: -4.0992 / 4°5'57"W

OS Eastings: 258940

OS Northings: 337152

OS Grid: SH589371

Mapcode National: GBR 5R.NDQM

Mapcode Global: WH55T.018G

Plus Code: 9C4QWW72+78

Entry Name: Hercules Statue

Listing Date: 14 January 1971

Last Amended: 23 August 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4890

Building Class: Commemorative

Also known as: Hercules Statue

ID on this website: 300004890

Location: Opposite the Town Hall and Hercules Gates, at the top of the Hercules Steps.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Penrhyndeudraeth

Community: Penrhyndeudraeth

Locality: Portmeirion

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Statue

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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.

Bronze statue of Hercules by William Brodie (1815-1881), cast c1863. Erected in this location in 1960.

Exterior

Life-sized bronze statue of Hercules carrying the globe; on a tall, 2-stage rendered pedestal. A plaque is affixed dedicated "to the summer of 1959, in honour of its splendour"; other plaques to 1971,73 and 75.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as one of a number of buildings and structures designed or erected 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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