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Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 17 July 1990
- Locality
- Pontypridd
- Town
- Pontypridd
- Community
- Pontypridd
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.60507, -3.33860
- Cadw reference
- 13521
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On the pavement immediately to the R of the Historical & Cultural Centre.
History
A K6 type kiosk to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London. The design was introduced by the GPO in 1936, this example being manufactured by the Saracen Foundry, Glasgow.
Exterior
A square, red telephone kiosk of cast-iron construction, on a moulded plinth. Raised surrounds have marginal bars to horizontal glazing. The rear is blank. The domed roof has 4 lunettes contaning embossed crowns over ventilation slits, and with modern opals.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with the former Tabernacle Chapel and Pontypridd Bridge.
Nearby in the register
- The Pontypridd Museum (formerly Tabernacle Baptist Chapel)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Pontypridd BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Pontypridd BridgeBridgeunder 1 mi
- Eglwysbach Surgery (formerly Capel Goffa)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.