OR838 Oakley Wharf, Porthmadog PC3 an exposed and treacherous approach

an exposed and treacherous approach to the summit

Image size : 18 x 26cm

a black servant to the Wynne family brought here as a young boy in the middle of the 18th century

Now this is when the magic happened

It is clever use by Clough Williams Ellis the eccentric creator of Portmeirion of a technique called 'forced perspective' By making each floor slightly smaller than the one underneath

OR838 Oakley Wharf, Porthmadog PC3 an exposed and treacherous approachOil Image size : 60 x 45cm Framed size : 90 x 75cm A 150 years ago this wharf would have been a bustling hive of activity, loading slates which had been brought down from the quarries of Ffestiniog for transporting all over the world. Nowadays it is used for more relaxed activities storing yachts over the winter