Morris Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 November 1990. House. 4 related planning applications.
Morris Cottages
- WRENN ID
- lost-pier-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- Morris Cottages, 29 Heol-Y-Doll, Machynlleth, SY20 8BH
- OS grid reference
- SH 744 011
- Coordinates
- 52.59341, -3.85452
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Morris Cottages comprise a group of ten two-storey cottages arranged in reflected pairs, with a central tunnel passage. The cottages were built using colourwashed rubble stone with l-window fronts, and have slate roofs, some of which have been renewed, while others are grouted. There are rubble chimney stacks with weathercourses, some of which are rendered. Most windows are horned sashes; one window on the first floor of number 15 has small panes, while the other windows lack glazing bars, except for number 23 which has four-pane sashes. Number 23 also has a later small-paned casement window over the passage, and numbers 19 and 21 have modern windows. The ground floor windows are arched with cambered voussoirs. Boarded doors have been retained only at number 15, while the others are half-glazed, with a later recessed door at number 21. The left end of the cottages is scribed and rendered, the right end is rubble, and the rear is colourwashed rubble stone with mostly modern windows, some lean-tos, and a modern cross range to the left. The passage is paved with slate flags and has whitewashed rubble walls. Numbers 19 and 21, and numbers 25 and 27 have been combined to form single, larger properties.
Local climate
Morris Cottages sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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