Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
579
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/03/1989
Date of Amendment
28/03/2002
Name of Property
Plassau
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Mostyn
Town
Locality
Mertyn Downing
Easting
317058
Northing
378149
Street Side
Location
At the end of a farm track 1.4km S of Mostyn church, and built across a sloping site overlooking Llanerch-y-mor.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
A late C17 2-unit cottage extended in the C18 by the addition of a second cottage and with late C20 rear additions.
Exterior
A single-storey cottage of rubble stone and thatch roof. It has 2 doorways, each of which is flanked by replaced windows. The L-hand doorway and windows constitute the original cottage. The R-hand doorway is within a gabled porch. Behind is a single-storey link to a parallel 2-storey rear wing.
Interior
Inside the earlier cottage a simple cruck truss is retained, rising from approximately 0.6m above the ground to the side. An undulating tie beam is ceiled at collar level. The fireplace has a timber lintel.
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare-surviving pair of single-storey cottages, a type once common in the district, retaining traditional building materials and techniques.
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