Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tregaron, Ceredigion, designated on 10 June 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 10 June 1997
- Locality
- Tregaron
- Town
- Tregaron
- Community
- Tregaron
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.21964, -3.93262
- Cadw reference
- 18479
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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (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)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on N side of the Square in Tregaron.
History
Mid C20 telphone kiosk to the standard K6 design made for the GPO in 1936 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, this one made before 1952.
Exterior
Red-painted cast-iron kiosk with wooden door. Square plan, with moulded plinth, glazed sides and door, four translucent lettered panels above and top shallow Soaneian dome with lunettes and embossed George VI crowns. Sides have glazing in raised reeded surrounds to 8 panels each with marginal glazing bars. Door has similar glazing, without surround.
Reason for designation
Listed for its prominent location in the centre of Tregaron, and included for group value with other listed buildings in the Square.
Nearby in the register
- Henry Richard MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- The Talbot HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint CaronReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- National Westminster BankCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.