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- 1936 / (Creation)
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i, 45 ff. (text on rectos only) ; 330 x 210 mm. Paper covers; full title printed on front cover.
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Biographical history
Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis was an architect and creator of Portmeirion village, with interests ranging from architecture, landscaping and preservation of the countryside to landscaping of trunk roads and writing.
Clough Williams-Ellis was born on the 28th of May, 1883, and educated at Oundle and Trinity College, Cambridge. He began training as an architect in London but within three months left for his first commission.
His most famous project was Portmeirion village in North Wales, but other major works include Llangoed Castle; Oare House; Stowe School; Bishop's Stortford College Chapel; the Lloyd George Mausoleum, Museum, and Westminster Abbey Memorial; Rhiwlas; Voelas; Nantclwyd Hall and Dalton Hall. He was also involved in many lesser projects, including churches, schools, village halls and civic amenities, smaller houses, hotels, monuments and garden follies.
Sir Clough Williams-Ellis was a member of numerous committees, among them the National Parks Committee, National Trust Committee for Wales and the Trunk Road Advisory Committee. He was also the Vice-President of the Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales and a member of the Athenaeum Club in London.
A prolific writer, the following publications are but a few examples of his works: England and the Octopus (London, [1928]), The Architect (London, 1929), Town and Country Planning (1951), Portmeirion - the Place and its Meaning (London, [1963], Roads in the Landscape (1967), Architect Errant (London, 1971), and Around the World in Ninety Years (Portmeirion, 1978).
He died on the 8th of April, 1978.
Archival history
Signature of W. G. Jones, [building contractor], on ff. 40, 43.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr J. R. Morris; Caernarfon; Purchase; July 1956
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Typescript specification of works, May 1936, by Clough Williams-Ellis, architect, for the construction of a new chapel and school room in Llanystumdwy, Caernarvonshire, drawn up for the Committee of Moriah Chapel, the Welsh Presbyterian Church in Llanystumdwy.
A full list of contents is on ff. 41-43.
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English.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 16602D.
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- Moriah Chapel (Llanystumdwy, Wales) (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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October 2006.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;