Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pair of Telephone Call-boxes immediately to S of St Mary's Church Tower
Brecon, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 27 November 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 27 November 1992
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94688, -3.39102
- Cadw reference
- 7525
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 213 Brecon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set to rear of pavement close to screen wall at former Post Office Yard.
History
Pair of K6 type square, red kiosks of cast-iron construction to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London. Design introduced by GPO in 1936; these examples date from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II; the figure "59" inside one of them may indicate a date of 1959.
Exterior
Domed roof with four lunettes containing embossed crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and door with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear, moulded plinth. Foundry plate inscribed: "Carron Company, Stirlingshire".
Reason for designation
Included for excellent location within very fine conservation area. Grouping with other listed buildings and a second pair of TCBs further W.
Nearby in the register
- Pair of Telephone Call-boxes outside former yard of Old Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- 4 St Mary StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Building to NW of St Mary's Church TowerCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Old Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.