Talbot House

Crickhowell, Powys, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Crickhowell, Powys, designated on 25 September 1986.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Talbot House, Crickhowell, Powys, 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: Domestic
Date of designation: 25 September 1986
Community: Crickhowell
Unitary authority: Powys
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 51.85715, -3.14042
Cadw reference: 7183

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Set into a continuous row of frontages stepped in the slope.

History

Part of a group of buildings incorporating Talbot Place.

Exterior

Tall early C19 simple classical 2-storey and basement roughcast front with plinth; slate roof and brick chimney stack. Recesssed 9-pane sash window with fluted keystone to 2nd floor; pair of 8-pane sash windows to ground floor, 6-panel door with fanlight to right.

Attic window to roughcast left end wall. Roughcast rear with 2-storey and attic cross gable; sash windows and roughcast stack.

Reason for designation

The other part of Talbot House (No 1) is no longer of special interest.

Group value.

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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