Latitude: 52.9127 / 52°54'45"N
Longitude: -4.0989 / 4°5'56"W
OS Eastings: 258957
OS Northings: 337096
OS Grid: SH589370
Mapcode National: GBR 5R.NDT0
Mapcode Global: WH55T.01DV
Plus Code: 9C4QWW72+3C
Entry Name: Monument Immediately E of Fountain
Listing Date: 23 August 2002
Last Amended: 23 August 2002
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 26863
Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
ID on this website: 300026863
Location: Immediately E of Fountain.
County: Gwynedd
Community: Penrhyndeudraeth
Community: Penrhyndeudraeth
Locality: Portmeirion
Traditional County: Merionethshire
Tagged with: Monument
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.
Monument first built c1937, rebuilt in 1991 during restoration of Anchor and Fountain, to give focus to the small square in front of these buildings.
Rendered columnar monument on circular slate-coped, rendered base. The column is octagonal and is scribed; moulded capping. Surmounting this is a large terracotta urn with relief hunting frieze.
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.
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