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A Place and it's Meaning
Sir Clough’s personal account of how and why he built the village remains the best available introduction to Portmeirion. It includes interesting anecdotes and lively descriptions of the evolution of the village.
96 pages printed on fine quality paper with a line drawing frontispiece, 32 colour / black and white photographic illustrations, decorative endpapers, black & white headpieces,...
Architect Errant The Autobiography Of Clough Williams Ellis Part One
The Autobiography of Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis,CBE,MC (1883-1978), Architect and Creator Of Portmeirion In Wales
Clough Williams- Ellis published this first instalment of his autobiography in 1971 at the age of 88.
In clear and elegant prose he writes of his building works at Portmeirion and elsewhere, of his travels and friendships, and above all his enjoyment of a long life and the achievement...
Around The World In Ninety Years The Autobiography Of Clough Williams Ellis Part Two
Part Two of the autobiography of Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis,CBE,MC (1883-1978), Architect and creator of Portmeirion In Wales
Clough Williams-Ellis published this final instalment of his autobiography in 1978 at the age of 94. In clear and elegant prose he writes of his building works at Portmeirion and elsewhere, of his travels and friendships, and above all of his enjoyment of a long life...
Clough Williams-Ellis : A Planning Credo and Commentary CD
Clough Williams-Ellis : A Planning Credo and Commentary CD
A CD recording of interviews given by Clough Williams-Ellis, the architect most well-known for creating the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales.
Running time: 67 minutes
Recorded: April 1948
Release date: 19th June, 2008
On 19th June 2008 at 11.00am in the Hercules Hall, Portmeirion a CD of six talks given by...
Llyfr Tywys Plas Brondanw - CYMRAEG
Llyfr Tywys Plas Brondanw - CYMRAEG
Llawlyfr Plas Brondanw, cartref Clough ac Amabel Williams-Ellis, gyda crynodeb o hanes cynnar y Plas a’i thrigolion, gyda bywgraffiadau byr am Clough, Amabel a’u merch, y cynllunydd Susan Williams-Ellis. Disgrifiad cryno o’r archif o waith Susan sydd i’w gael yn y Plas, a trafodaeth o’r gerddi yng ngeiriau Clough ei hun. 35 tudalen,...
Plas Brondanw Guide Book - ENGLISH
Plas Brondanw Guide Book - ENGLISH
Guide book for Plas Brondanw, home of Clough and Amabel Williams-Ellis, with a summary of the early history of the Plas and its inhabitants, with short biographies of Clough, Amabel and their daughter, the designer Susan Williams-Ellis. A short description of the archive of Susan’s work, which can be found in the Plas, and a discussion of the gardens in...
Portmeirion - Antiques Collectors Foreword by Jools Holland
Portmeirion - Antiques Collectors
Foreword by Jools Holland
The book "Portmeirion" was published to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the opening of the resort in 1926. Lavishly illustrated with many unpublished and rare photographs, plans and drawings, it is the first book to cover the whole story of the village, the extensive gardens both at Portmeirion and Plas Brondanw, the Williams-Ellis family...
Portmeirion : The Official Audio Visual Presentation DVD / Y Sioe Glyweled Swyddogol
Portmeirion : The Official Audio Visual Presentation DVD
Portmeirion : Y Sioe Glyweled Swyddogol DVD
This DVD contains the presentation which is shown in Portmeirion's Audio Visual Theatre, in which the architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis narrates the story of the creation of Portmeirion Village.
The Hotel Portmeirion was opened by Clough Williams-Ellis at Easter 1926. Clough spent the next fifty...
The Buildings of Portmeirion : A Visual Guide - Rachel Hunt
The Buildings of Portmeirion : A Visual Guide - Rachel Hunt
This is a linear self-guided tour, looking at every building from the Entrance to the Quayside.
Its aim is to enable the visitor to experience and enjoy Portmeirion as Clough Williams-Ellis - its creator - intended.
Where possible, his words have been used to describe how his 'Light opera approach to architecture' found expression here.
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The Sculpture of Portmeirion : A Visual Guide - Diane Bilbey
The Sculpture of Portmeirion : A Visual Guide - Diane Bilbey
Rather like Portmeirion itself, much of the research for this guide has been assembled from bits and pieces, including written correspondence, museum and other third-party records, press clippings, family photographs, and so on. Where provenance is known, it is stated.
A catastrophic fire in the Portmeirion Hotel in 1981 destroyed a...
Un Diwrnod Yn Yr Eisteddfod
Cyfrol arobryn Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Casnewydd a'r Cylch 2004, sef nofel fywiog am anturiaethau milwr 30 oed yn ystod un diwrnod a dreuliwyd ar faes Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Meifod 2003, yn cynnwys nifer o sylwadau ffraeth a deifiol am bynciau trafod cyfoes Cymru.
The prize-winning volume of the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize at the Newport Welsh National Eisteddfod 2004,...