Battery, Chart Room and the Campanile, Battery Square, Portmeirion
Architect/Designer | Williams-Ellis, Sir Clough (1883-1978) |
Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | UK: Wales |
City | Portmeirion |
Subject Date | 1928 |
Image Date | 1960 |
View | Exterior |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ES? |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Fantastic architecture ; Weatherboarding ; Town planning ; Coastline ; Belfries, bell towers ; Cottages ; Villages |
NOTES: Battery Square is on the crown of the cliff enclosing the village to the south-west. Part of a group of about ten buildings, it is part of the early phase of construction of the resort. The weather-boarded Kentish style Battery and adjoining Chart Room were completed in 1927, the Campanile in 1928.
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