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Carew, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 6 February 1997
- Locality
- Carew Village
- Town
- Tenby
- Community
- Carew
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.69814, -4.82653
- Cadw reference
- 18217
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
On the road-side, opposite Picton Terrace, in the centre of the village.
History
EIIR, 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.
Exterior
Domed roof with 4 Lunetters containing embossed Queen Elizibeth 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 group value with Picton Terrace and for its contribution to the conservation area.
Nearby in the register
- 5 Picton TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 6 Picton TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castle LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- 7 Picton TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.