Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box beside Rose Lodge
Erbistock, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Overton Bridge, Erbistock, Wrexham, designated on 13 February 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 13 February 1995
- Locality
- Overton Bridge
- Community
- Erbistock
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.97954, -2.96300
- Cadw reference
- 15174
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on adjacent to Rose Lodge which is on the E side of the A528, 150m N of Overton Bridge.
History
Description: GVIR Telephone box, K6 type, square red kiosk of cast-iron construction to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott. Design introduced by GPO in 1936.
Exterior
Domed roof with 4 lunettes containing embossed George VI crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Rose Lodge.
Nearby in the register
- Rose Lodge (also known as the Old Post Office)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Old Rose CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Overton BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Gwaylod HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.