Former Coach House and Stables to Plas Machynlleth (Plas Kennels) is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 November 1990. House.

Former Coach House and Stables to Plas Machynlleth (Plas Kennels)

WRENN ID
lone-barrel-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 November 1990
Type
House
OS grid reference
SH 744 005
Coordinates
52.58803, -3.85443
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The former Coach House and Stables to Plas Machynlleth, also known as Plas Kennels, is a Grade II listed building. It is constructed from rubble and features a single storey with an attic, topped by a slate roof that has stone gable parapets, simple kneelers, and a stone eaves band. At the center, there is an octagonal bellcote with a swept roof and louvred pointed openings.

The northwest side facing the road displays five gables, each with a parapet, with the center gables being broader and featuring a chimney stack. Each gable has square-headed openings, including two with loft doors and two with modern windows. The southwest gable end is slate hung, while the northeast gable end is rubble with a mullioned and transomed window. A cross range to the left forms one side of the courtyard and includes a chimney stack and gable parapet at the end, along with an arched passage entry to the courtyard beside the gable.

On the southeast side, there is a U-shaped courtyard with coursed rubble elevations and chamfered corners. The central bay of the main range is advanced and features a clock face above a three-light attic window and a broad stilted pointed arch below, made of voussoirs. This arch opens onto a recess with doorways on either side and a small pane window in the center, with stables located to the right. The flanking bays have small attic gables and two-light windows. The southwest cross range includes paired pointed arch coach entries with double boarded doors, and there is a square-headed doorway near the angle. The northeast cross range has a cross frame window.

Local climate

Former Coach House and Stables to Plas Machynlleth (Plas Kennels) 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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