Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box at Entrance to Penrhos Churchyard
Whitecastle, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 27 October 2000
- Locality
- Penrhos
- Town
- Raglan
- Community
- Whitecastle
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.80107, -2.84868
- Cadw reference
- 24316
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
Next to lych gate of Penrhos Churchyard, set back from road and bounded on N side by stone boundary wall of churchyard.
History
K6 type telephone box to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott. Design introduced by GPO in 1936. This example dates from the reign of King George VI. Foundry plate not visible.
Exterior
Square kiosk of cast iron construction with timber door. Domed roof with four lunettes containing embossed crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal glazing with many panes. Blank rear, moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
A K6 call box in a prominent location in the centre of Penrhos. Group value with Penrhos Church and Churchyard lych gate.
Nearby in the register
- Lych Gate in St Cadoc's ChurchyardNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Church of St CadocReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cross in St Cadoc's ChurchyardNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- The Old Vicarage (aka The Firs)No class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.