What is recorded here

Talgarth Tower House stands in Powys as a medieval tower later shaped in the Post Medieval period. It is the kind of compact stone building that suggests defensiveness, pride and domestic life tangled together. Rooms may have been small, fires bright and decisions quick. The tower still belongs to Talgarth, not to a museum case.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Talgarth Tower House;Tower House, Talgarth as Tower from the Post Medieval; Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Talgarth Tower House was built in the late 15th or early 16th century by the Herbert family, who were prominent in the region. It is remembered as an example of a fortified tower house reflecting the defensive needs and social status of Welsh gentry during the post-medieval period.

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