Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Date of Designation
22/12/1989
Date of Amendment
22/12/1989
Name of Property
Dairy House at Plas Newydd
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Location
Set into a sunken site in the shrubbery to W of the house; close to the railed boundary with Butler Hill.
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
Built sometime between 1791 and 1795.
Exterior
Oval shape of rubble construction and rounded slate roof. Its position and style may suggest that it was more ornamental than functional - the rustic design was probably derived from known picturesque garden or estate examples. Semicircular arched doorway with recessed boarded door; circular openings to each side and another opposite the doorway.
Interior
Internally there is a low set floor and beamed ceiling.
Reason for designation
Group value with Plas Newydd and other listed items in the grounds.
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