Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box on S side of Llanfynydd churchyard
Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, designated on 9 April 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 9 April 2003
- Locality
- Llanfynydd
- Community
- Llanfynydd
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.92806, -4.09813
- Cadw reference
- 81028
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 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the S side of the churchyard and E of the lych gate.
History
A K6 type telephone kiosk of the type designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London, introduced by the GPO in 1936.
Exterior
A K6 type square red kiosk of cast iron, on a moulded plinth. The sides and door have raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. The domed roof has 4 lunettes containing embossed crowns over red-lettered opals and ventilation slits.
Reason for designation
Listed for its heritage location in a historic village centre.
Nearby in the register
- Llanfynydd War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Lych gate at entrance to Llanfynydd churchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St EgwadReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- PortisDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.