Sarn y Plas is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 June 1998. House.
Sarn y Plas
- WRENN ID
- other-hammer-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1998
- Type
- House
- Address
- Sarn y Plas, Rhiw Plas, Pwllheli, Aberdaron
- OS grid reference
- SH 238 283
- Coordinates
- 52.82365, -4.616
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Sarn y Plas is a cottage made of whitewashed rubble stone with slate roofs, dating from the 18th century. It is a single-storey building situated on a slope, featuring stone stacks—smaller at the eastern end and larger at the western end—both with drip stones. There is a former outbuilding attached to the west, which is stepped uphill and has a higher roofline.
The northern front of the cottage has a ledged door with projecting stones at the jambs, which may be an early feature similar to those found in barns at Methlem. To the right of the door is a four-pane casement window. The cottage is supported by large boulder footings. The eastern end wall includes a loft light and a smaller window below it.
Attached at a right angle to the northeast of the house is a small pigsty with a monopitch roof, featuring a grouted slate roof and stone slabs framing the door. There is a range uphill from the cottage that has a single half-glazed door at the centre, reaching up to the eaves, and one small window to the right. At the upper end of this range is a 20th-century addition that runs south, with a hipped angle on the northwest side.
The southern rear of the cottage is constructed from rubble stone and has two four-pane casement windows; the lower window has a slab lintel, while the upper one is located under the eaves. There is also a door leading to the uphill section, which may have been inserted in the 20th century, along with the 20th-century range that runs south to enclose the upper end.
Local climate
Sarn y Plas 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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