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
21134
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/12/1998
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
The Royal Oak
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Talybont-on-Usk
Town
Locality
Pencelli
Easting
309320
Northing
224998
Street Side
S
Location
In the centre of Pencelli Village backing onto the canal.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Probably C18. Monmouthshire and Brecon canal and Pencelli basin close to rear. Some C20 remodelling including an Arts and Crafts style porch.
Exterior
Village inn. Of white painted stone rubble, with part slate part stone tile roof. Main 2 storey building to right has Welsh slate roof, overhanging eaves, ridge stack right and large external stack with offset left; this is partly incoporated into the lower single storey wing left which has a steep pitch stone tile roof. Four window range to main building of 9 pane Breconshire hoppers with timber lintels; shallow later gabled stone porch centre left with Tudor style arch with shallow hoodmould, kneelers of narrow stones and stone tile roof; 2 similar ground floor windows, and an altered window by further doorway end right. Single storey left wing has a 12 pane hopper right and casement left.
Interior
Interior not inspected at time of survey (30th September 1997).
Reason for designation
Listed as an historic village inn retaining much of its character.
Group value with Canal Store and Canal Bridge No.154.
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