The Thomas Shop Museum will be open 10am - 5pm everyday as of the 1st of April.
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Entry is free, although a small fee may apply to Group Bookings. Donations are all ways welcome.
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Tours are available for Group Bookings, however on normal open days visitors are left too take a look at their own pace.
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Refreshments are available in the Engine Room Cafe also open between 10am - 5pm.
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Edward Price moved his shop from Cefn Llys to Penybont in 1730 to trade with the drovers. His son John took over the shop at the age of 11. His business thrived and he opened the first Inn in the village and went on to be one of the first bankers in Wales. His estates stretched from Abbeycwmhyr to Ludlow and he was appointed as High Sheriff of Radnorshire. Following John’s death in 1798, William Thomas, a farmer from Llandewi, took over the management of the shop in 1799 and purchased the premises in 1804. In the restoration of the shop we have tried to recreate the ambience and nostalgia of a shopping experience that dates back to 1805.
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