Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box at road junction in centre of Gileston village
St. Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Gileston, Barry, St. Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 30 November 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 30 November 1990
- Locality
- Gileston
- Town
- Barry
- Community
- St. Athan
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.39371, -3.41156
- Cadw reference
- 13451
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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1858 · 20. Bridgewater. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
At the road junction in centre of Gileston village
History
Design introduced by the GPO in 1936 to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London. This example may well have been installed after WWII.
Exterior
K6 type square, red kiosk of cast iron construction. Raised surrounds to the door and sides with marginal glazing bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear, moulded plinth. Domed roof with four lunettes with King George VI crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits.
Reason for designation
Included as a K6 type telephone call-box in a heritage location.
Nearby in the register
- Rose CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Garden Walls along roadside at Gileston ManorDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cross in Churchyard of Church of St GilesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St GilesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.