Plas rhiw-saeson is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1997. Residential. 1 related planning application.
Plas rhiw-saeson
- WRENN ID
- keen-quoin-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1997
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Plas rhiw-saeson, Rhiwsaeson, Llanbrynmair, SY19 7DY
- OS grid reference
- SH 901 051
- Coordinates
- 52.63285, -3.62518
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Plas Rhiw-Saeson is a building constructed from coursed local rubble stone, topped with slate roofs, and featuring slate hung to the rear. The main range of the building is three storeys high and consists of three bays. It has a late 19th-century four-panelled door with an overlight, set beneath a small cantilevered gabled canopy. The windows are 19th-century timber designs with six panes and a central iron casement on a quadrant stay, and there are gable stacks present.
The forward wing, which may be older, has two bays and features a gable with a five-light window that replaces an ovolo moulded window mentioned by Haslam. There is a door to the front bay on the side, accompanied by an open timber porch. A cellar is located under the central bay. Attached to the side of the wing are two contiguous gabled service wings, with the front wing displaying a semi-circular headed date stone that reads "ATHELSTAIN / OWEN:ESQR / WALL'D:THIS / HOVSE:ROUND / IN THE:YEAR / 1719." The first letter and last digit are unclear. The upper rear portion of this addition was likely used as a seed grain store.
At the time of inspection in August 1996, the interior was not accessible. It is reported that the main front door opens into a later stair. To the left in the main range, there is a parlour at the south end, which was later used as a kitchen and features bracket moulded cross ceiling beams. The current kitchen in the forward wing has an ornate moulded ceiling and enriched faces on the posts. A post and panel partition with incised mouldings marks the junction of the two ranges, with an original doorway present. The ceiling above the main chamber has counterchanged joists, and the roof is plain with windbraces supporting the trusses over the main range.
Local climate
Plas rhiw-saeson sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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