Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box
Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Gwaenysgor, Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor, Flintshire, designated on 28 August 1990.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 28 August 1990
- Locality
- Gwaenysgor
- Community
- Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.31868, -3.38969
- Cadw reference
- 585
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandNational Library of Scotland
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1885 · OS One-Inch (Hills) 1885-1903 (National Library of Scotland)
- 1898 · 95 Rhyl (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
Set into a break in a low roadside boundary wall, immediately L of the former village shop and facing the road junction in the centre of the village.
History
GVIR, K6 type telephone kiosk to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London, introduced by the GPO in 1936. This example was cast by the Lion Foundry, Kirkintilloch.
Exterior
A K6 type square, red kiosk of cast-iron, on a moulded plinth. The domed roof has 4 lunettes containing embossed crowns over ventilation slits and opals with almost completly faded red letting. The sides and door have raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. The door is renewed in wood.
Reason for designation
Listed for its contribution to the historic character of Gwaenysgor.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Sundial in the churchyard of the Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Ty IsafDomesticunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow 225m E of VillageRound Barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.