Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone call box adjoining boundary wall of Roath Court
Roath, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 18 December 1989
- Locality
- Roath
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Roath
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.49230, -3.15541
- Cadw reference
- 14125
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
Adjacent to the boundary wall on the N side of Roath Court.
History
A K6 type telephone kiosk of the type designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London, introduced by the GPO in 1936.
Exterior
A K6 type square red kiosk of cast iron, on a moulded plinth. The domed roof has 4 lunettes containing embossed George VI crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. The sides and door have raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal glazing.
Reason for designation
Listed as a traditional telephone call box in a prominent location and for group value with Roath Court.
Nearby in the register
- Roath CourtReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St MargaretReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Milepost outside No. 243 Albany RoadTransportunder 1 mi
- Royal Oak Public HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.