Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone box in Pen-y-dre
Rhiwbina, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhiwbina Garden Village (S), Cardiff, Rhiwbina, designated on 18 December 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 18 December 1989
- Locality
- Rhiwbina Garden Village (S)
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Rhiwbina
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.52145, -3.21288
- Cadw reference
- 14120
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
Adjacent to branch library.
History
K6 type square red kiosk of standard design by Giles Gilbert Scott architect of London. Design introduced by GPO in 1936.
Exterior
K6 telephone box of cast iron with domed roof surmounted by crown. 4 lunettes with red-lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and door with margin bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear with casting inscription, moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the listed buildings and within Conservation Area of Rhiwbina Garden Village.
Nearby in the register
- Nos. 15-19 Pen-y-dre (odds)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Nos. 10-16 Pen-y-dre (evens)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Nos. 7-13 Pen-y-dre (odds)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Nos. 18-24 Pen-y-dre (evens)Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.