Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
10912
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
08/07/1966  
Date of Amendment
13/02/1995  
Name of Property
Cockpit to W of Plas Taliaris  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire  
Community
Manordeilo and Salem  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
263986  
Northing
227993  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated in courtyard just W of mansion.  

Description


Broad Class
Recreational  
Period
 

History
C18 base wall of a cockpit, formerly built higher in stone with pyramid slate roof as C19 game-larder (cf 1966 list description), that superstructure since removed.  

Exterior
Rubble stone, some 1.5m high, octagonal with blocked pointed arched opening on NW side, presumably for birds. Openings on N and S. Inner walls are thickened on diagonal faces.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
An unusual survival, an old photograph shows it as stone with small louvred openings under eaves on diagonal faces and raised louvred door on S side.  

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