Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
08/07/1966
Date of Amendment
13/02/1995
Name of Property
Cockpit to W of Plas Taliaris
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Manordeilo and Salem
Location
Situated in courtyard just W of mansion.
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.
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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