Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box on up platform
Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bangor, Gwynedd, designated on 2 August 1988.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 2 August 1988
- Community
- Bangor
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.22253, -4.13471
- Cadw reference
- 4123
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 1896 map "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Adjoining the platform side of the main building between the waiting room and buffet.
History
K6 type square, red kiosk of cast iron construction to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London. Design introduced by GPO in 1936, this example probably installed after Second World War.
Exterior
Domed roof with 4 lunettes containing embossed crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and door with marginal glazing bars to horizontal glazing.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the Railway Station.
Nearby in the register
- Railway Station Original BuildingTransportunder 1 mi
- Portal at the entrance to Bangor Railway TunnelTransportunder 1 mi
- The British Hotel (including British Buttery Bar)Commercialunder 1 mi
- Brambell Laboratory, Bangor UniversityEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.