Owain Glyndwr's Parliament House is a Grade I listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 January 1952. A Medieval Parliament house.
Owain Glyndwr's Parliament House
- WRENN ID
- strange-foundation-heath
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- Parliament house
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Owain Glyndwr's Parliament House, Machynlleth
- OS grid reference
- SH 748 008
- Coordinates
- 52.59092, -3.8494
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Owain Glyndwr's Parliament House is a Grade I listed building featuring six bays with narrow voussoirs on two and three-light windows, which have diamond leaded glazing. The building has a tall slate roof with rubble end chimney stacks. There is a vertical masonry break to the right of the center at ground floor level. Set back to the right is a pointed arch gateway, topped with a pitched slate roof and boarded gates that connect the Parliament House to the Institute. The rear of the building has eight bays and two storeys, with steps at the right end leading up to an arched entrance that has a gable above. Hipped dormer roofs are present over three tall first-floor windows, which are paired to the left and also feature diamond leaded glazing. The center has four windows above the pointed arch main rear entrance, with a more acutely pointed window to the right. Various masonry breaks and fossils are visible throughout.
The garden is situated above the level of the Parliament House, and the terrace is bordered by a low wall with ball finials.
Inside, the building now serves as an exhibition centre. It is lofted at both ends and contains two service rooms in line. There is a winding staircase at the east end, featuring a panelled dado, tall newel finials, and barley twist balusters. The open bays have arched collar trusses of 15th-century type, with through purlins and three bays that include windbraces. The lofted bays have tie beam and queen strut trusses, along with small windows. A central partition that previously had a screen at the base is now covered by exhibition boards that hide the wall panelling. There is a fireplace below the east end loft, and the west end previously had a screen where the wattle and daub is partly exposed.
Local climate
Owain Glyndwr's Parliament House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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