A prominently situated 2-storey old building of local brick with a pleasing symentrical frontage; although the two lower bay windows and three pairs of upper windows appear to be early 20th Century insertions.

The Inn's name almost certainly stems from the Earls Talbot family (one-time Lords of Brereton Manor) but evidence suggests they never owned it. The Talbot dog, a hunting hound as displayed on the Inns sign, has symbolised the Earls Talbot for centuries - two such dogs appear as supporters on their Arms.

A 1795 map of Brereton Manor shows a building then on the site, but the earliest known reference to the Talbot Inn by that name comes from an 1834 Directory.

The Inn is situated within the Brereton Conservation Area.