Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former skittle alley and tea-room
Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Recreational
- Date of designation
- 17 December 1998
- Locality
- Talybont on Usk
- Community
- Talybont-on-Usk
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.89505, -3.28915
- Cadw reference
- 21139
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
In the centre of Talybont village, backing onto the canal, near the Star Inn and opposite Gileston Mill.
History
Built 1903 by D Jones architect of Dowlais. Former skittle alley for Star Inn with tearooms above. Rings in wall used to tether cows for local market. Former verandah to first floor. Used as builders' workshop.
Exterior
A very long narrow building sited between the canal embankment and the village street. Of red brick in English bond with Welsh slate roof and terracotta ridge tiles. Two storeys; range of margin glazed horned sash windows with brick sills to first floor, former intervening doors to former verandah converted to windows; wide cambered arched windows with small pane glazed heads to ground floor and doorways with 4 panelled doors left and right. Shallow pilaster support to former verandah; tethering rings in brickwork. Lower single pitch roof extension right.
Interior
Converted to store.
Reason for designation
Listed as an interesting Edwardian purpose-built recreational building in a prominent village position.
Group value with neighbouring listed items in the village.
Nearby in the register
- The Star InnCommercialunder 1 mi
- Gileston Mill aka Talybont MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Talybont Aqueduct (Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal)Transportunder 1 mi
- White Hart InnCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.