Battery, Chart Room and the Campanile, Battery Square, Portmeirion

RIBA Ref No RIBA5433

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 ; Town planning ; Villages ; Belfries, bell towers ; Coastline ; Cottages ; Weatherboarding

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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