Secondary House at Plas Canol ('The Bothy') is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1995. Dwelling. 6 related planning applications.

Secondary House at Plas Canol ('The Bothy')

WRENN ID
seventh-transept-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 January 1995
Type
Dwelling
Address
Secondary House at Plas Canol ('The Bothy'), Llanaber, Barmouth, Gwynedd, LL42 1RR
OS grid reference
SH 599 189
Coordinates
52.75013, -4.07702
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This building, known as the Secondary House at Plas Canol, also referred to as 'The Bothy', is a low one and a half-storeyed former dwelling that is aligned along a slope. It features rubble stone construction topped with a random slate roof. A tall chimney stack with a moulded cap and drip-stones is located on the right-hand gable.

The near-centre doorway has a recessed boarded door, with flanking fixed-pane six-light windows that have been renewed in earlier openings. All windows have crude projecting stone lintels. To the right, there is a small upper window set within the thickness of the stack, and a larger blocked opening is close to the left-hand corner. There is a single opening, possibly a doorway, towards the centre of the rear wall. The building was extended by a single bay to the left, likely in the 19th century.

Internally, the building was originally storeyed, and the main stop-chamfered lateral ceiling beam with slots for joists remains, although the upper floor has been lost. The collar trusses have mostly been replaced. The structure appears to be an undivided single unit, featuring a large fireplace with a timber bressumer on the right side. The upper room was also originally heated, and a smaller fireplace is visible above. A chimney stair is located to the right of the fireplace, though it has been disturbed. The floor at the fireplace end is supported on rough projecting stone corbels.

Local climate

Secondary House at Plas Canol ('The Bothy') sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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