Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box on the corner with Rectory Lane
Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Hawarden, Flintshire, designated on 30 January 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 30 January 1992
- Community
- Hawarden
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.18477, -3.02554
- Cadw reference
- 61
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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
At the crossroads in the centre of the village: set on the pavement outside Hawarden Post Office, and on the corner with Rectory Lane.
History
K6-type. Square red kiosk of cast-iron construction to the standard design by Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London. Design introduced by GPO in 1936; this example manufactured by Carron Company, Stirlingshire
Exterior
Domed roof with 4 lunettes containing embossed Queen Elizabeth II crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. Timber door. Blank rear, moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for its prominent location in this conservation area.
Nearby in the register
- The Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- KentigernDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gladstone Memorial FountainCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Lloyds BankCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.