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Telephone Call-box (01291 690495)

Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Greatoak, Raglan, Llanarth, Monmouthshire, designated on 25 February 1991.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Telephone Call-box (01291 690495), Llanarth, Monmouthshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Communications
Date of designation
25 February 1991
Locality
Greatoak
Town
Raglan
Community
Llanarth
Unitary authority
Monmouthshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.78511, -2.89311
Cadw reference
2849

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Set in Greatoak village, on E side of road S of Pentre Derwen, 1914 block of estate houses.

History

Telephone kiosk of K6 type designed in 1936 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott for the GPO. This one with George VI crown.

Exterior

Telephone kiosk, red-painted cast-iron. 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.

Reason for designation

Included for attractive village location on southern edge of parkland to Llanarth Court.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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