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Dyffryn Cennen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Trapp, Llandeilo, Dyffryn Cennen, Carmarthenshire, designated on 22 June 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 22 June 1990
- Locality
- Trapp
- Town
- Llandeilo
- Community
- Dyffryn Cennen
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.85331, -3.95708
- Cadw reference
- 11148
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 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in centre of the village outside the Post Office, some 30m NE of the bridge.
History
Mid C20 telephone kiosk of the K6 type, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott for the GPO in 1936. This one made before 1953.
Exterior
Telephone kiosk, red-painted cast-iron with wooden door. Square plan, fixed glazing on two sides and matching glazing in door on third side, horizontal galzing bars and marginal bars. Blank rear. Above, each side are translucent lettered panels under shallow Soaneian square dome, with George VI crown in each lunette.
Reason for designation
Included for prominent siting in the centre of an attractive small village.
Nearby in the register
- The Post OfficeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont-y-TrapTransportunder 1 mi
- Carreg Cennen HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Walled garden and attached outbuildings at Carreg Cennen House.Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.