I don't think anyone would describe Angel Cottage in Portmeirion as Art Deco and I am certainly not going to try.
Portmeirion, however, is a very interesting place.
Sir Clough Williams-Ellis purchased the site in the mid-1920s and proceeded to build his concept of a coastal village over the following fifty years.
Angel Cottage was the first new building built by Williams-Ellis in 1926.
My favourite part of the building is the Angel relief.
In the 1960s, Portmeirion was used as the set for the cult TV series The Prisoner. A modern reinterpretation Series 2, sadly not filmed in Portmeirion, is due to be screened in Britain during 2009.
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