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.

Summary Description


Reference Number
8485
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
19/11/1990  
Date of Amendment
19/11/1990  
Name of Property
Former Coach House and Stables to Plas Machynlleth (Plas Kennels)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Machynlleth  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
274467  
Northing
300528  
Street Side
 
Location
To SW of the Plas, backing onto the main road.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Probably earlier Cl9, maybe contemporary with the addition of the Gothic wing on the Plas.  

Exterior
Rubble, single storey and attic; slate roof with stone gable parapets, simple kneelers and stone eaves band. Central octagonal bellcote with swept roof and louvred pointed openings. The NW side facing the road has 5 gables (each with parapet) broader to centre and with chimney stack. Square headed openings to each gable, 2 with loft doors and 2 with modern windows. Slate hung SW gable end, rubble to NE gable end with mullioned and transomed window. Cross range to left forms one side of the courtyard and has chimney stack and gable parapet to end; arched passage entry to courtyard beside gable. To the SE side is a U-plan courtyard with coursed rubble elevations and chamfered corners. The central bay of the main range is advanced and has clock face over 3-light attic window and broad stilted pointed arch below with voussoirs. This opens onto a recess with doorways to either side and small pane window to centre; stables to right. The flanking bays have small attic gables; 2-light windows. The SW cross range has paired pointed arch coach entries with double boarded doors; square headed doorway near the angle. Cross frame window to the NE cross range.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Group value with Plas Machynlleth and associated listed items.  

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