Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box in Bettws Newydd (01873 880201)
Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bettws Newydd, Usk, Llanarth, Monmouthshire, designated on 24 August 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 24 August 1990
- Locality
- Bettws Newydd
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Llanarth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.75068, -2.92788
- Cadw reference
- 2837
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in centre of village, on W side of road, just N of the crossroads.
History
Telephone call-box of K6 type designed in 1936 for the GPO by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, architect. This example dating from the reign of George VI and made at the Lion Foundry, Kirkintilloch.
Exterior
Square plan red-painted cast-iron telephone kiosk. Domed roof with four lunettes containing embossed George VI crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and to wooden door, all with marginal bars to horizontal metal glazing. Blank rear with foundry plate, moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for prominent location in village centre.
Nearby in the register
- Well-house at Bettws NewyddHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- Former Coach House at Bettws LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bettws LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Mounting block at entry to Bettws Newydd churchyardTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.