Washhouse Building at Plas Dolbenmaen is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 March 1999. Washhouse.
Washhouse Building at Plas Dolbenmaen
- WRENN ID
- deep-loft-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1999
- Type
- Washhouse
- OS grid reference
- SH 506 430
- Coordinates
- 52.96396, -4.22498
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The washhouse building at Plas Dolbenmaen is constructed from local stone rubble and was originally topped with a slate roof. It is located near the farmhouse and, along with the northwest and northeast ranges of farm buildings, creates the farmyard on the west side of the farmhouse. The washhouse features a door and a window that face into the yard. Access was not available during the inspection.
Local climate
Washhouse Building at Plas Dolbenmaen sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,550 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 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow 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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