Plas-Dolanog is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1953. House.

Plas-Dolanog

WRENN ID
tattered-granite-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 January 1953
Type
House
Address
Plas-Dolanog, Welshpool, Llanfihangel
OS grid reference
SJ 059 132
Coordinates
52.70884, -3.39391
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Plas-Dolanog is a T-shaped, two-storey house dating from the 17th century. Its main range runs east to west, with a crosswing at the west that projects and features gables at both the front and rear. An additional two-storey gabled block is situated at the front angle.

The house is primarily constructed from axe-dressed uncoursed local stone, which is painted white. However, the front gable of the crosswing, the front of the main range, and the additional block are timber-framed. The north gable of the main range is timber boarded and likely timber framed as well. The timber framing below the eaves is now false but closely follows the original pattern. The roofs are restored slate, with early small-slate roofing still visible on the rear of the crosswing. There are twin diagonal stone chimney shafts at the centre and a stone end-chimney at the rear of the crosswing.

The house features modern doors and windows in the altered timber framing, while the stonework sections have 19th or 20th-century windows. These windows are small and likely fit into unaltered openings, which lack distinct heads or sills, except for one at the ground storey rear that has a brick arch.

The interior has not been seen, but it has been described by the Royal Commission as having a sub-medieval plan, with a lobby entry next to a main chimney that contains back-to-back fireplaces. The original listing notes good, possibly late 17th-century stairs with turned oak balusters, built-in oak cupboards and doors, and slate floors.

Local climate

Plas-Dolanog sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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