Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box in front of Y Stryd/The Terrace
Llanrhian, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Porthgain, Llanrhian, Pembrokeshire, designated on 4 February 1991.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 4 February 1991
- Locality
- Porthgain
- Community
- Llanrhian
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94735, -5.17999
- Cadw reference
- 12432
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 209 St David's (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated some 11m from SW angle of No 1, Y Stryd, by roadside.
History
Telephone kiosk of K6 type, red-painted cast-iron to the standard design by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, introduced 1936. This example probably installed after 1945.
Exterior
Domed roof with embossed crowns in lunettes over ventilation slits each side. Glazed sides and door, blank rear, the glazing in horizontal panels with sidebar glazing. Moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for group value in exceptional location.
Nearby in the register
- One of Five cottages making up Y Stryd/The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- One of Five Cottages making up Y Stryd/The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- One of Five Cottages making up Y Stryd/The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- One of Five Cottages making up Y Stryd/The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.