Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 25 February 1991
- Locality
- Llanarth
- Town
- Raglan
- Community
- Llanarth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.79475, -2.90603
- Cadw reference
- 2850
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On E side of village street, at left end of former Post Office.
History
Telephone kiosk of K6 type designed in 1936 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott for the GPO, this example from the reign of George VI.
Exterior
Telephone kiosk, square, red painted cast-iron with 2 glazed sides, glazed timber door on third and blank rear. Shallow domed roof with four lunettes containing embossed George VI crowns and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and door with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. Moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for its prominent location within a fine village.
Nearby in the register
- Former Post OfficeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Bryn TegDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint TeiloReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Churchyard Cross in Llanarth churchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.