Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Box outside Post Office at Llanwnnen (01570 480308)
Llanwnnen, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanwnnen, Lampeter, Ceredigion, designated on 8 November 1991.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 8 November 1991
- Locality
- Llanwnnen
- Town
- Lampeter
- Community
- Llanwnnen
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.10367, -4.14342
- Cadw reference
- 18076
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 195 Lampeter (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at the crossroads in the centre of the village; set in the slope, on the pavement immediately in front of the S side of the Post Office.
History
Mid C20 telephone kiosk to standard K6 design of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott introduced in 1936. This one made before 1952 by the Lion Foundry, Kirkintilloch.
Exterior
Red-painted cast-iron kiosk with shallow-domed top over four lunettes with George VI crown. Illuminated lettered panels below. Two sides have horizontal glazing bars with narrow margin-lights. Raised moulded frames. Similar detail to wooden door.
Reason for designation
Listed for its prominent location outside the late-Georgian style Post Office.
Nearby in the register
- Llanwnnen Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- 1 Sycamore TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 2 Sycamore TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Sycamore TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.