Plas-yn-Acre is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 December 2001. A Georgian Townhouse.
Plas-yn-Acre
- WRENN ID
- mired-vault-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 13 December 2001
- Type
- Townhouse
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Plas-yn-Acre, Bala, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 926 358
- Coordinates
- 52.909, -3.59753
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a large, 18th-century townhouse, originally a single dwelling, which was later divided into two separate residences, likely in the second quarter of the 19th century, with subsequent modernization of the openings and the creation of side entrances. More recently, Plas-yn-Acre has undergone further modernization.
The building is constructed of rubble under a high hipped slate roof, featuring tall, panelled chimneys positioned centrally and to the sides. The symmetrical front elevation consists of four bays, with each of the two resulting dwellings occupying two bays. The windows of Plas Teg retain their original sash configuration, with fine glazing bars, whereas those of Plas-yn-Acre have been replaced with modern, out-of-character PVCu tilting windows. The ground floor central bays of each dwelling feature wooden canted bay windows, comprised of 20 panes in the main section and 10 panes on each side. The outer ground floor windows are of 20 panes, and the first floor windows are of 16 panes, with the upper floor windows consisting of 9 panes, all set within large, finialled gabled dormers displaying deep verges and moulded bargeboards.
Side entrances are fitted with panelled doors and reveals, and are accessed via open, flat-roofed porches supported by plain wooden pilasters. The rear elevation is similarly constructed and whitewashed, mirroring the upper floor window arrangement, with a later, modern first-floor entrance added to Plas-yn-Acre, incorporating a part-glazed door and a metal fire escape. Plas Teg features a later single-storey lean-to extension with a part-glazed door and flanking 6-pane windows, as well as a modern wooden conservatory to the left. The building sits within the group of Plas Teg and Plas-yn-Acre. The interior was not inspected during the survey.
Local climate
Plas-yn-Acre sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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