Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Church House including Gates and Railings to Front
Talgarth, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Talgarth, Powys, designated on 14 August 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 14 August 1995
- Locality
- Talgarth
- Community
- Talgarth
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.99559, -3.22888
- Cadw reference
- 16287
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 214 Talgarth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located in a terrace of houses opposite and facing the graveyard of the parish church.
Exterior
House of mid C19, with later C19 improvements. Pebbledashed with raised end quoins. Slate roof with spiked ridge tiles. Stack on E gable. Three storeys, 3 bays. Central 6-panelled door, the top panels glazed, within a timber corniced portico, having stained glass swags in top panels on three sides. Ground and first floors having 'T'-shaped paned casement windows with an overlight within openings with cambered heads. The overlights have a matching set of stained glass swags. Six-paned sashes to top floor. Boxed eaves. Service door on left side has a wide plastered surround, extending beyond the quoins.
Front area defined by railings and gates of a scrolled floral form hinting at a gothic arcade, the stanchions with knobbed terminals.
Interior
Not accessible at time of inspection (March 1995)
Reason for designation
Included for group value with neighbouring listed items facing the parish church, and having group value.
Nearby in the register
- Merlin HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Highcliffe HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Crescent HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tomb of Howell Harris in Churchyard of the Church of St GwendolingReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.