History of Plas Coch

March 26, 2025

We often wondered how the plaque on the outside of Plas Coch found its way onto the wall. Well...now we know. Apparently many moons ago the plaque was discovered inside the building and one member of the club offered to gold leaf the lettering before it was put up. This was no ordinary member of […]

It's a sign!

February 20, 2025

It's all coming together as the Dreamatorium takes shapes inside. Outside the skies are clearing and there has been a subtle change... it's official... Plas Coch has become The Dreamatorium and is soon to become the new home of Lavinia Stamps. The sign on the building says it all!

We have a date!

February 20, 2025

The date has been set for the Grand Opening of The Dreamatorium. This magical date is... Friday 4th April 2025. I've popped your invite below. It will be full speed ahead now as everything starts to come together. What can you expect? In the lead up to the opening, you can expect lots of videos […]

Christmas present #3 - The shape of early Plas Coch

December 26, 2024

The floorplan of early Plas Coch was something we wanted to identify, to know the shape of the original house. On the face of it, it's quite easy. The red sandstone walls were thicker and had obviously been repurposed from the ruins of Ruthin Castle. So, we just needed to find the red stone walls. […]

A Christmas Present #1 - Questions answered..?

December 26, 2024

It's not always straight forward when finding the answer to a question. Sometimes your initial question changes with every piece of information you learn along the way to that elusive solutuion. This is what happened with the question we asked at the beginning of the blog. The original question was : Who was the Constable […]

A Gem of a find!

November 28, 2024

When looking at things in the archive that might have something to do Plas Coch, I came across a real gem. Of all places... ...on the back of a menu. This, however, was a menu with a difference. This was a menu from the 1960's when Plas Coch was a Banqueting Hall. Inside there is […]

We're going on a man hunt!

October 31, 2024

I know, it's an interesting title. However this IS what we are doing! Armed only with a mobile phone camera and a trusty pair of walking boots we are off on a manhunt. This hunt is for a very specific man and the best bit... We have no idea who they are. What we do […]

Medieval Graffiti ..?

September 26, 2024

Once this had been photographed and mulled over, we couldn't work out what these lines were? Instructions to visitors? Beware of the dog? There were many possibilities. So we contacted Matt Champion who has written a book on Medieval Graffiti, specifically those found in churches. His reply was very interesting. In his opinion : "The […]

The Mission continues...

August 1, 2024

My mission to try and identify the person who had Plas Coch built took me in many directions. There was the archives of course, but to see archives that were relevant to this question would involve a trip to The National Archives in London or to The National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth. As I […]

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