Barn at Plas Uchaf is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 May 2001. Barn.

Barn at Plas Uchaf

WRENN ID
narrow-courtyard-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Flintshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 May 2001
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Plas Uchaf, Holywell, Whitford
OS grid reference
SJ 139 792
Coordinates
53.30342, -3.29247
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The barn at Plas Uchaf is a large 5-bay structure built from rubble stone and topped with a slate roof featuring crow-stepped gables and a plinth. On the right side, there is a wide opening that has been altered, with a recessed door under an iron lintel accessed by a high step. The far right shows some brick patching and an angle buttress. To the left, there are three stone-lined ventilation slits, with the central one extended downwards in brick. Beneath the left slit, there is a doorway with stone jambs and a lintel, which contains a boarded door. The roof pitch has one large skylight and three smaller ones, along with a blocked loft opening on the west gable end. The rear of the barn is hidden by a large open hay shed but features double doors, a window, and a loft hatch. An extension has been added to the east end, which includes four planked doors under stone lintels and two planked window openings to the right of each door, all within stone surrounds. There are three skylights in this section.

Inside, the barn boasts substantial King-post trusses, with the central posts being chamfered and featuring curved struts, and two pairs of purlins. There is a cart passage with planked doors at the rear and a planked partition on the left side that would have supported a loft. To the right of the cart passage, a brick structure has been built, linked to former milking activities. The range on the right was previously used for milking and has closely spaced rafters and collars, with stalls divided by open steel railings. It is currently used for storing grain.

Local climate

Barn at Plas Uchaf receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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