Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box by Glennydd and Ivy Cottage (01570 493319)
Llangybi, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 4 March 1991
- Locality
- Betws Bledrws
- Town
- Lampeter
- Community
- Llangybi
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.14897, -4.05390
- Cadw reference
- 10731
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on S side of A 485 in Betws Bledrws village, on forecourt to pair of houses N of Betws Bledrws church.
History
K6 type telephone kiosk to standard design of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Design introduced by the GPO in 1936, this example dates from the reign of King George VI, and was made by the Carron Company, Stirlingshire.
Exterior
Red painted cast-iron kiosk with shallow domed roof of Soaneian type, with embossed George VI crowns in lunette each side. Below are red-lettered semi-transparent panels and ventilation slits. Sides have raised surrounds with horizontal glass panels with margin lights. Similar panels to door. Raised plinth. Blank rear with foundry plate.
Reason for designation
Listed for its prominent location on main road, close to listed former Derry Ormond Lodge.
Nearby in the register
- LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bridge at Derry OrmondGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Derry Ormond TowerDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gaer Coed Parc Hillfort and EnclosureHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.