Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16281
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/08/1995
Date of Amendment
14/08/1995
Name of Property
Former Shop at Olde Mason's Arms P.H.
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Talgarth
Town
Locality
Easting
315534
Northing
233825
Street Side
Location
Located on the N side of Back Lane, at right angles to the Olde Mason's Arms public house, sharing the same cobbled forecourt.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
This small building once provided the Fire Station office for Talgarth (the appliance being kept in the garage of the Tower Hotel opposite), an angora rabbit house, and a dwelling for the adjacent public house. It now provides storage for the public house.
Exterior
Shop of early-mid C19. Stone with a painted brickwork facade, C20 artificial slate roof. Two bays, 2-storeys, with gable stack. On ground floor a full length C19 symmetrical shop window between end pilasters, with central pair of glazed doors. Triple brackets at the ends and intermediate brackets support a continuous canopy. On first floor, two widely spaced 9 and 12-paned sash windows with Brecon hoppers. To the rear an off-centre door, now blocked.
In front, a cobbled yard with edging defining a path to the public house door.
Interior
Eight feet wide only, originally divided into shop and kitchen to right, with a corner fireplace. Stair at opposite end to upper floor. Matchboarded ceiling.
Reason for designation
Included as an unaltered example of a C19 village shop premises.
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