Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box
Llanllechid, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 18 November 1988
- Locality
- Llanllechid
- Community
- Llanllechid
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.19678, -4.06278
- Cadw reference
- 4149
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 1896 "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
In the centre of the village at the southern end of a Y-road-junction; set into a corner beside a rubblestone boundary wall.
History
K6 telephone kiosk constructed to Giles Gilbert Scott''s standard design, introduced by the General Post Office in 1936; this example dates from the reign of George VI.
Exterior
Red-painted cast-iron. Domed roof with 4 lunettes containing embossed crowns over black-lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and door with margin lights to horizontal glazing bars; moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for its group value in this rural conservation area.
Nearby in the register
- Sundial at the Church of St LlechidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St LlechidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Hut Circles West of CorbriEnclosed hut circle settlementunder 1 mi
- Coed-uchafDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.