Workshop at Plas yn Rhiw is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 June 1998. Outbuilding.

Workshop at Plas yn Rhiw

WRENN ID
outer-rubblework-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 June 1998
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Workshop at Plas yn Rhiw, Pwllheli, Aberdaron
OS grid reference
SH 236 282
Coordinates
52.82268, -4.61883
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The workshop at Plas yn Rhiw is an outbuilding constructed from rubble stone and topped with a slate roof. It is a single-storey structure, with the western end built into a bank and featuring a loft door. The front of the building has a single door positioned to the left of center, reaching up to the eaves, and a square window with a slab lintel and 20th-century glazing to the right. On the rear, there is a 20th-century chimney on the roof slope, along with a ledged door and a window, both with slab lintels.

Local climate

Workshop at Plas yn Rhiw sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,600 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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