Talbot Public House

The Talbot Public House is a building that likely dates from the late 16th to early 17th century and was raised in height in the later 18th century. It has a long history of use as a public house and was formerly known as The Corner House.

The exterior features exposed timber framing in the gable end and rear elevation, with box framing composed of square panels and a queen post and collar strut roof. The raised upper storey is also framed, with thin scantling posts visible in the rear elevation. The street-facing elevation is rendered. The building has a slate roof with a brick stack on the left-hand gable, which was raised in height in the later 19th century, and another stack to the rear, which has a rubble base with a brick shaft above. The gable end is adorned with scalloped barge-boards. The doorway is positioned to the left of centre and is sheltered by an early 19th-century timber porch. Originally, marbled Tuscan columns framed the entrance, but these were replaced with square timber posts between 1950 and 1980, while the entablature remains, featuring relief lozenge-work panels on either side. The flanking windows are 2-light casements, and the upper windows, which include a left-side window that is not aligned, are small-paned horizontally sliding sashes. All windows are fitted with shutters. The rear elevation includes a small-paned iron casement window in a catslide dormer to the right, while a similar dormer window to the left is partially obscured by a separately roofed small two-storeyed rear wing, likely added in the early 19th century.

Inside, the building has a two-room plan that has been modified to create a central bar. There is an axial chimney with corner fireplaces that retain chamfered bressumers; the fireplace in the current lounge may be a later addition, as its cambered bressumer appears to cut through the scrolled chamfer stop of the main axial beam.

The Talbot Public House is an important example of a timber-framed town house, retaining its original layout largely intact.