Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box
Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Skenfrith, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, designated on 10 September 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 10 September 1990
- Locality
- Skenfrith
- Town
- Monmouth
- Community
- Skenfrith
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.87775, -2.78983
- Cadw reference
- 2843
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)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set into grass verge close to road junction into village; open fields to rear.
History
Design introduced by GPO in 1936; this example dates from the reign of King George VI.
Exterior
K6 type of telephone call box. Cast-iron and glass construction. Square plan. Painted red. Domed roof with four lunettes containing embossed crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and door with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear, moulded plinth. Foundry plate not visible.
Reason for designation
Included for prominent location within Skenfrith conservation area.
Nearby in the register
- War Memorial to S of Skenfrith CastleCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Mill HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Skenfrith MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Skenfrith CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.