Plas Dinas

Plas Dinas is a house with a roughly ‘H’ shape, originally dating back to the early 17th century, with later additions from the 17th and 19th centuries. The south block was built in the 19th century, while the cross-wing and the main part of the north block represent the original early 17th-century house, with a further addition to the west dating from the later 17th century. A north wing was added in the 19th century.

The south entrance block has a painted rendered front with a slate roof and rendered end stacks. It features three small-paned mullion-and-transom windows on the first floor, the central one within a projecting gable, which has a plaque above. A lower-roofed west addition has an end stack and a similar window on the first floor. A full-length slate verandah runs along the ground floor, partly enclosed, with an entrance door under the gable, a conservatory to the right, and two 20th-century bay windows to the left. The gable ends of the south wing are of painted rubble stone with various-sized 20th-century windows.

The centre and main part of the north block forms a roughly ‘L’ shaped original early 17th-century house. It is constructed of painted rubble stone with a slate roof and ridge and end stacks. While most openings are 20th-century, the east side retains its mid-17th-century doorway, which has gritstone jambs and a shaped head with roll moulding, and plinth panels with quarter-round moulding on each side.

The rear west wing is a later 17th-century addition, built of painted coursed rubble stone with a heavy plinth and a slate roof with a brick end stack. Gabled dormers are likely insertions from the 18th century. Other openings have been heavily altered. The 19th-century north wing is rendered and painted, with a slate roof and ridge and end stacks.

Although only partially inspected, all sections of the house have been heavily modernised. The early 17th-century part retains some original beams, and is said to include cellars and attics. A plaque indicating the date 1653 originated from this area, though the remaining woodwork suggests a date around thirty years earlier. One cellar is said to have a wooden ceiling on chamfered beams. The ‘Gun Room’ contains a large 17th-century fireplace spanning the entire west wall, featuring a segmental arch of cut-stone voussoirs, an oven on the left side, and a seat on the right. This room has a single stop-chamfered ceiling beam. The attics are said to contain old floorboards and display original roof trusses with morticed collars.