Former Plas Power Colliery Heapstead is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 September 1994. Industrial.

Former Plas Power Colliery Heapstead

WRENN ID
stubborn-rubblework-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 September 1994
Type
Industrial
Address
Former Plas Power Colliery Heapstead, Southsea, Broughton
OS grid reference
SJ 299 519
Coordinates
53.06003, -3.04594
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The former Plas Power Colliery Heapstead is made of dressed sandstone, with some areas patched in brick, and features timber baulks and iron fixings. It is shaped like an 'L', extending from the northeast corner of the eastern winding engine house to the north side of the western winding engine house. The heapstead stands approximately 6 to 8 meters high and has a strong batter from the bottom to the top. You can see lines of putlog holes where screens for sizing coal were once attached to the wall. Additionally, there is a stone-lined tunnel that enters the heapstead from an arch on the north side, which would have previously connected to the shaft.

Local climate

Former Plas Power Colliery Heapstead 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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