Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box at the junction with Bulmore Road
Caerleon, Newport, Wales
A Grade II listed building in The Village (Ultra Pontem), Newport, Caerleon, designated on 21 December 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 21 December 1992
- Locality
- The Village (Ultra Pontem)
- Town
- Newport
- Community
- Caerleon
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.60567, -2.94688
- Cadw reference
- 3096
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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
At the south end of The Village near the junction with Bulmore Road.
History
Design introduced by the GPO in 1936 to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London, but this example was probably installed in the 1950s.
Exterior
K6 type square, red kiosk of cast iron construction. Embossed foundry plate not decipherable. Domed roof with 4 lunettes with Queen Elizabeth II crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to the door and sides with marginal glazing bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear, moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for its group value in a heritage location.
Nearby in the register
- The Bell Inn PHDomesticunder 1 mi
- Great House and Heron HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of the Holy SpiritReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Isca Grange, including attached forecourt railings and gateDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.