Hall of Hercules: the seventeenth-century ceiling rescued from Emral Hall, Flintshire.

Portmeirion is a world-famous experiment in architecture done over 50 years by the celebrated
Welsh architect, Clough Williams-Ellis. Portmeirion has many architectural strands: it strives to
relate structures to landscape, to give visual pleasure, and to convey a sense of history. It is an
important essay in ‘humane’ architecture, yet to be fully understood.