The Talbot, 16 High Street, Welshpool

Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 20 Jul 2022

Grade II Listed public house probably late 16th or early 17th century but raised in height late in the 18th century. The Talbot was previously known as The Corner House. Reportedly, in the 19th century the entrance was flanked by a pair of marbled Tuscan columns. My early directories don't list a Corner House but list the Talbot as in Broad Street (The Mermaid at 28 is listed in High Street). It is possible that around 1830 the pub was called the 'Pack Horse' that is not then listed in the 1844 directory with the Talbot in High Street. The 1961 Welsh History Review quotes a description of the old 'Pack-horse Inn' as a "half-timbered building of Elizabethan date" (1558–1603). At time of writing, August 2022, Google reports the pub as temporarily closed and Admiral Taverns are advertising for a tenant. There is also an outstanding planning application for reconfiguration and refurbishment of the building. A search of my directories found; 1828 'Talbot'-Broad Street, William Thomas, 'Pack Horse', John & Mary Price; 1835 'Talbot'-Broad Street, Joseph Griffiths, 'Pack Horse', Margaret Price; 1844 'Talbot', Richard Oliver; 1859-1868 'Talbot', Evan Bowan; 1895 'Talbot', Thomas Ellis; 1903 'Old Talbot', E Ellis; 1901, 1912 & 1918 'Old Talbot', no landlord given.

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