Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box at Hobbs Point
Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Hobbs Point, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, designated on 7 June 1988.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 7 June 1988
- Locality
- Hobbs Point
- Community
- Pembroke Dock
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.69930, -4.94254
- Cadw reference
- 6551
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 228 Haverfordwest (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated outside Old Pier House, at entry to Hobbs Point quay.
History
Red telephone call box to standard K6 design, by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and introduced in 1936. This example is after 1953.
Exterior
Red painted cast-iron kiosk with shallow domed roof, Queen Elizabeth II crowns in lunettes, over lettered illuminated panels. Two glazed sides and glazed door with horizontal main glazing bars and marginal bars. Rear to street with plate inscribed: ''Macfarlane, Saracen Foundry, Glasgow''.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with other listed items at Hobbs Point.
Nearby in the register
- Old Pier HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hobbs PointDefenceunder 1 mi
- Premises attached to SouthCommercialunder 1 mi
- Pembroke Haven Yacht Club at Hobbs PointRecreationalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.