Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box in front of the Pavilion and Pier
Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 23 November 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 23 November 1990
- Community
- Penarth
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.43544, -3.16741
- Cadw reference
- 13354
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the pavement immediately to N of the entrance to the Pavilion and Pier and opposite the Public Baths.
History
G VI R, K6-type. Square red kiosk of cast-iron construction to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London. Design introduced by GPO in 1936. Foundry plate eroded - possibly manufactured by McDowell Stephens and Co, London and Falkirk.
Exterior
Domed roof with 4 lunettes containing embossed King George VI crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal glazing; wooden door. Blank rear, moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for its prominent location in this Conservation Area and for group value with the Pavilion and Pier.
Nearby in the register
- Inn at the Deep End (former Penarth Baths & Supervisor's Office)Commercialunder 1 mi
- N.Lodge to Windsor Gardens (Piermaster's Lodge)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Penarth Pier (includingI Pavilion & Shops)Commercialunder 1 mi
- CenotaphCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.