Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box to SE of Capel Trisant
Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Capel Trisant, Aberystwyth, Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, designated on 2 October 1991.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 2 October 1991
- Locality
- Capel Trisant
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Pontarfynach
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.36476, -3.88524
- Cadw reference
- 10735
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 178 Llanilar (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
At the E end of the hamlet of Capel Trisant approximately 0.5km NW of Llyn Frongoch. Set on grass verge just S of the chapel.
History
Telephone kiosk of K6 type, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, architect, the design introduced by GPO in 1936. This example dates from the reign of King George VI and was manufactured by Carron Company, Stirlingshire.
Exterior
Telephone-kiosk, red-painted cast-iron with wooden door. Domed roof with 4 lunettes containing embossed crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and door with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear and moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Capel Trisant and for its contribution to this upland rural setting.
Nearby in the register
- Capel TrisantReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Ty CapelDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bwlch-y-gwyntDomesticunder 1 mi
- Capel Salem, including attached house, forecourt wall and outbuildingReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.