Sir Clough Williams-Ellis' 90th Birthday Present
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The 17th century statue of a lion presented to Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, the architect, by his friends on his 90th birthday on 28th May 1973.
Waymark Code: WMCR4
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/16/2006
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Portmeirion is the village, now a hotel and tourist attraction built in the 1920's and 1930's by the architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis. He populated it with buildings and statues, many salvaged from old buildings around the UK that were being torn down.
What do you give someone like that as a 90th birthday present? Well his friends obviously thought he needed a 17th century lion statue and came up with this rather spectacular one
