Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box outside The Post Office
Holywell, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Holywell, Flintshire, designated on 8 May 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 8 May 1990
- Community
- Holywell
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.27300, -3.22100
- Cadw reference
- 450
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 96 Liverpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set against the front wall of the Post Office, at right hand corner.
History
G VI R, K6 type. Square red kiosk of cast-iron construction to the standard design introduced by GPO in 1936. Foundry plate not visible.
Exterior
Domed roof with 4 lunettes containing embossed King George VI crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear, moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for its group value in the town centre.
Nearby in the register
- Vron Chambers (John Morris & Co.)Commercialunder 1 mi
- The King's Head PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- 2Domesticunder 1 mi
- 1Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.