Plas Newydd

Plas Newydd is a Grade II* listed building featuring a combination of timber framing, brick, sandstone rubble, some areas of pebbledash, and a slate roof with brick chimneys. The main elevation faces south and includes openings that date from the late 18th century or early 19th century, which are now blocked. The hall range has inserted doors, and substantial portions of the wings have been rebuilt in brick, although some areas of square panelled timber framing, now infilled with brick, can still be seen. The hall range displays timber framing with diagonal braces, while the right-hand return elevation features timber framing with diagonal bracing and brick nogging, alongside a gabled bay of sandstone rubble with squared quoins, likely associated with an 18th-century stack. The right rear wing has large blocked openings and timber framing in squarish panels with brick infill. The rear elevation has been largely rebuilt in brick, with blocked doors and windows reflecting 18th and 19th-century remodelling. The hall range includes a tall external brick stack positioned to the left of centre, and the wings feature king post trusses with diagonal braces. The left-hand return has attached ranges dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Inside, the central hall consists of four bays and is constructed using butt purlin methods without a ridge piece. Many of the 18th and 19th-century interior features have been removed. The 16th-century trusses are highly ornate, showcasing multicusped braces and wind braces, some adorned with large floral bosses on the tie-beams. Smoke blackening is evident on the trusses, and mortices in the tie beam of one truss indicate that it was originally an aisled spere truss. At the lower end, part of the screens passage remains, featuring a decorative carved door head. The wings are similarly constructed but with a simpler design, including some cusping on the braces of the passage end wing.