Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call Box adjoining E Side Of The Former Coal Exchange
Butetown, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Butetown, Cardiff, designated on 18 December 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 18 December 1989
- Community
- Butetown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46557, -3.16772
- Cadw reference
- 13999
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 outside the former Coal Exchange building; opposite Lloyds Bank.
History
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; this example manufactured by Carron Co, Stirlingshire.
Exterior
Domed roof with four lunettes containg embossed King George VI crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Door has raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal perspex glazing. Blank rear, moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with other listed buildings in the Mount Stuart Square conservation area.
Nearby in the register
- Lloyd's BankCommercialunder 1 mi
- Phoenix BuildingsCommercialunder 1 mi
- Pillar Box Outside former Coal ExchangeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Coptic HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.