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Former Blacksmith's Shop

Talley, Carmarthenshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Talley, Carmarthenshire, designated on 8 July 1966.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Former Blacksmith's Shop, Talley, Carmarthenshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Industrial
Date of designation
8 July 1966
Locality
Talley
Community
Talley
Unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.97539, -3.98308
Cadw reference
10962

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Located on E side of Talley village, alongside the B4302 opposite Dyffryn -ig. Associated cart-house immediately to S.

Associated with Thomas Lewis ( 1759-1842 ), Blacksmith and Methodist
Hymnist.

Mid/late C19. Single storey, rubble built with slate roof.
Dressed stone chimney-stack to right with stone tabling. Doorway to right, cambered head with stone voussoirs; divided stable type boarded door. 2 windows to right, heads as above. Later 9-pane casements to both with top hung upper lights.

With the adjacent cart-house, an attractive roadside group.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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