Plas Cain is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 January 2004. House.
Plas Cain
- WRENN ID
- muffled-niche-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 January 2004
- Type
- House
- Address
- Plas Cain, Llanfechain Village, Llanfechain
- OS grid reference
- SJ 187 205
- Coordinates
- 52.77642, -3.20546
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Plas Cain is a house featuring square panelled framing, painted black and white, and topped with slate roofs that have a tile ridge. The main range includes a brick mid-chimney, while the cross-wing, which is slightly taller, has retained its small slates and features a brick chimney positioned slightly left of centre at the front. There is a rooflight on the left side and gabled dormer windows on both the front and rear of the main range.
The lower storey of the cross-wing is obscured by a garage, and the main entrance is located in the angle next to the cross-wing, sheltered by a small open porch. Previous doorways into the main range have been sealed, and leaded windows are positioned to respect the original panelling.
At the rear, part of the wall of the main range has been rebuilt in brickwork, and there is a 20th-century hip-roofed extension, constructed with reclaimed timber framing, attached off-centre to the cross-wing.
The interior has been largely restored and features a two-bay main range with a central two-hearth chimney, as well as a two-bay cross-wing. The timberwork is plain, with some rough finishes and edges that have been chamfered.
Local climate
Plas Cain receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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