Plas-du is a Grade II* listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 October 1971. House.
Plas-du
- WRENN ID
- ancient-merlon-ivory
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Plas-du, Pencaenewydd, Criccieth, Llanystumdwy
- OS grid reference
- SH 411 403
- Coordinates
- 52.93675, -4.36489
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Plas-du is a substantial house built of local rubble stone with flushed joints and a slate roof, dating from the 18th century. It has two storeys and attics, featuring thick walls and large irregular quoins. The main block consists of three bays and has an off-centre monolithic arch-headed entrance with a boarded door. The ground floor is fitted with 4-paned sash windows, while the first floor has 6-paned sash windows. The house has stone eaves and tall gable end stacks. A small window at one end provides light to a fire stair. At the southwest end, there is a lean-to that incorporates a cartshed. The rear of the house features sliding casement windows and a large lean-to set in the re-entrant angle.
The interior was not inspected at the time, but records indicate that the layout includes a central wide stair hall with living rooms on each side and service rooms at the back. The roof features an early timber collar beam with cusping above the collar and raking struts, along with some original panelling on the lower floors. There is a circular stair in front of the large stack on the east gable, which has very small ventilation lights on the front and end gable.
Local climate
Plas-du sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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 0.3°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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