Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box
Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llandenny, Usk, Raglan, Monmouthshire, designated on 24 August 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 24 August 1990
- Locality
- Llandenny
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Raglan
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.73056, -2.84914
- Cadw reference
- 2839
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 233 Monmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in village, on S side of road beside gable end of Orchard House.
History
Telephone call-box of K6 type designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott for the GPO and introduced in 1936, this example dating from the reign of George VI. Telephone number 01291 690498.
Exterior
Telephone call-box, square, red-painted cast-iron kiosk with wooden door. Domed roof with four lunettes containing embossed crowns over red lettered opals (one missing) and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and door with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear, moulded plinth. Rear foundry plate not visible.
Reason for designation
Included as well sited example within the Conservation Area.
Nearby in the register
- Lych-gate to the church of St JohnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Barn at Village FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Church of St JohnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cross in St John's churchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.