Investigations

August 8, 2024

On a lovely Friday morning we ventured up the hill from Plas Coch to visit a heritage property called Nant Clwyd Y Dre on Castle Street in Ruthin. Oh my goodness, this property did not disappoint. Nant Clwyd Y Dre is a stunning black and white timber framed medieval property with links to the Thelwalls. […]

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 […]

Where does the old stop and the new begin?

August 1, 2024

Another fabulous question! There has always been something about the floorplan of the property that confuddled me. Obviously the modern floorplan was not the floorplan of the original 1608 property. The red stone of the castle was the original building with later additions in either red brick or breeze block. With all the paint and […]

Hints from the History Detective - Joe Saunders

July 18, 2024

To begin researching a property can be a bit confusing. Where do you start? I decided to pick the brain of Joe Saunders to see if he had any hints or tips. If you had to give anybody any tips on where to start researching their own property what would suggest? First of all, be […]

A Conversation with... The History Detective - Joe Saunders

June 26, 2024

When you hit a brick wall in your online and local archive investigations that's when it is time to call for some help! I knew that some of the documents we needed to check were in London. I also knew that I wasn't the best person to get to check! Some of the handwriting, although […]

Batman Returns!

June 20, 2024

Following on from the first visit Batman returned to visit Plas Coch recently in the evening. This was to observe the area around the property for any bats. He saw the occasional bat but not much activity. Just the odd Pipistrelle bat. The next day he came back to observe the lifting of the ridge […]

An archive adventure...

June 20, 2024

On a typically overcast day in Ruthin I ventured to do a little investigating in the Ruthin Archives. These can be found, only by appointment, in Ruthin Gaol. Through the grey stone arch I went and headed past a sign on the small building on the left hand side. Slightly bamboozled, as usual, I was […]

A Serendipitous Event!

May 9, 2024

Plas Coch was treated to some most unexpected visitors. A gentleman, called Gareth Blyth, and his daughter arrived armed with books. It turns out these held gems of their family history…and the best bit…their family used to rent Plas Coch! I thought I'd share some of the information I received from Gareth Blyth which tells […]

The results are in!

May 2, 2024

The results are back following the testing of selected timbers in July 2022 by Andy Moir. These results will help to identify the date of the build of this version of Plas Coch. The report states that the oak trees used for the beams that were sampled, were felled in the Winter of 1604/5. Which […]

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