Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box on the up platform at Rhyl Railway Station
Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhyl, Denbighshire, designated on 31 January 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 31 January 1992
- Community
- Rhyl
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.31808, -3.48927
- Cadw reference
- 1524
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 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 95 Rhyl (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
- 1963 · Map No. 36 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
At the SW end of the platform, at the base of the footbridge.
History
E II R, 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 the Lion Foundry of Kirkintilloch.
Exterior
Domed roof with 4 lunettes containing embossed Queen Elizabeth II crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear, moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Listed for the special interest of its setting at Rhyl Railway Station.
Nearby in the register
- Main Building and Footbridge, Rhyl Railway StationTransportunder 1 mi
- Rhyl Railway Station, Main BuildingTransportunder 1 mi
- Down-Platform Canopy, Rhyl Railway StationTransportunder 1 mi
- Bee and Station HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.