Latitude: 52.9091 / 52°54'32"N
Longitude: -4.1036 / 4°6'12"W
OS Eastings: 258631
OS Northings: 336705
OS Grid: SH586367
Mapcode National: GBR 5Q.NRNT
Mapcode Global: WH55S.Y42M
Plus Code: 9C4QWV5W+MH
Entry Name: The Lighthouse
Listing Date: 23 August 2002
Last Amended: 23 August 2002
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 26881
Building Class: Communications
Also known as: The Lighthouse
ID on this website: 300026881
Location: At Portmeirion's southernmost point, dramatically sited on the coastline.
County: Gwynedd
Community: Penrhyndeudraeth
Community: Penrhyndeudraeth
Locality: Portmeirion
Traditional County: Merionethshire
Tagged with: Lighthouse Faux lighthouse
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.
The Lighthouse was erected by 1963.
The Lighthouse consists of a small cylindrical tower of sheet metal with surmounting upturned pig boiler forming a dome. In between are latticed lights with dividing volutes; surmounting the whole is an ornate metal finial. This tower section stands on a wider circular rubble platform with railed balustrade and arched entrance.
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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