Corrugated Iron Shelter, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9144 / 52°54'51"N

Longitude: -4.1006 / 4°6'2"W

OS Eastings: 258851

OS Northings: 337290

OS Grid: SH588372

Mapcode National: GBR 5R.NDC7

Mapcode Global: WH55S.Z0HK

Plus Code: 9C4QWV7X+QQ

Entry Name: Corrugated Iron Shelter

Listing Date: 23 August 2002

Last Amended: 23 August 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 26878

Building Class: Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces

ID on this website: 300026878

Location: In the Gwyllt, at the end of a path running NW from the small Piazza.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Penrhyndeudraeth

Locality: Portmeirion

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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

One of the more substantial of Sir Clough's corrugated iron structures, built after 1953; in his declining years CWE is said to have often sat in this shelter.

Exterior

Decorative aedicular shelter of painted corrugated iron construction; in the form of a tented pavilion with fictive swags; central raised ball and star finial and flanking fleurs-de-lis, all two dimensonal and of cut-out form. This structure contains a slatted bench in the summer months.

Reasons for Listing

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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Other nearby listed buildings

II The Piazza, Including Adjoining Playhouse Central Vase Monument
At the NW corner of the village, next to the Triumphal Arch.
II Triumphal Arch Including Adjoining Service Block to the NW
At the start of the northern (service) access road leading to and from the village, adjoining the small piazza.
II Westminster Abbey Balustrade
At the northern approach to the village, curving parallel with the rear service lane and facing a large pond on one side.
II Salutation
At the northern edge of the lower village group, behind the Central Piazza.
II Revetment Wall Immediately N of The Arches, Including Associated Columnar and Urn Monuments
Adjoining The Arches to the N, facing the main street.
II Telford's Tower, Including Adjoining Walls and Arches
Raised up on the northern side of the village, overlooking the Central Piazza.
II Walls and Gateways Edging the Central Piazza to the NW
Defining the perimeter of the Central Piazza between Trinity and the Gloriette.
II Gloriette
Facing the Central Piazza to the NE.

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Corrugated Iron Shelter

A Grade II Listed Building in Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd