Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box
Pennal, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pennal, Machynlleth, Gwynedd, designated on 25 May 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 25 May 2000
- Locality
- Pennal
- Town
- Machynlleth
- Community
- Pennal
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.58562, -3.92092
- Cadw reference
- 23332
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 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)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The GPO box stands against the churchyard wall, opposite the Riverside Hotel, in the centre of the village.
History
A standard type K6 telephone call box, Mk 1, based on the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London, and introduced by the GPO in 1936.
Exterior
G VI R, K6-type square cast iron telephone call-box of cast iron, with a domed roof and 4 lunettes containing embossed and unpierced George VI crowns over painted opals. Raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal glazing, and a moulded plinth. The rear is blank, without a maker''s nameplate, but possibly by the Carron Foundry as the similar box at Cwrt, with symmetrical cable entries.
Interior
The interior equipment has been modernised.
Reason for designation
Included as an early K6 box in a prominent location at the centre of the village, of group value with the church, and the Riverside Hotel.
Nearby in the register
- Riverside HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- Church of St Peter ad VinculaReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Pont PennalTransportunder 1 mi
- Ty-bont, with Post Office and General StoresCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.