Former Plas Power Colliery Power House is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 September 1994. House.
Former Plas Power Colliery Power House
- WRENN ID
- peeling-basalt-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 September 1994
- Type
- House
- Address
- Former Plas Power Colliery Power House, Southsea, Broughton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 298 519
- Coordinates
- 53.06027, -3.04778
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The former Plas Power Colliery Power House is a tall building constructed of red brick, featuring a hipped corrugated roof and measuring three bays by three. The windows are round-headed, adorned with brick arches and stone sills. On the west and east sides, there are three windows each on the main floor, along with an additional doorway leading to a semi-basement level on the east side. The north elevation includes two arched windows and a central arched doorway, topped by a large circular opening designed for power cables. The south elevation has had two windows replaced with large double doors for vehicle access, although a blocked circular window for cables remains visible between them. The building is characterized by a deeply corbelled eaves cornice on all sides and a prominent corbelled string course situated between the eaves and the window heads. Numerous metal brackets can still be seen around the exterior, which were used to support insulators and cables.
Local climate
Former Plas Power Colliery Power House receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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