Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box
Jeffreyston, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 6 July 2005
- Locality
- Cresswell Quay
- Community
- Jeffreyston
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.72564, -4.82412
- Cadw reference
- 84391
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
At the junction of the quayside road and the lane running from Cresswell Quay to Cresselly.
History
A K6 telephone kiosk of the type designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, architect, of London, introduced by GPO in 1936. Foundry plate on rear, blank panel with maker''s name inscribed Carron Company, Stirlingshire.
Exterior
A K6 type square red kiosk of cast iron on a moulded plinth. The domed roof has four lunettes containing embossed George VI crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. The sides and door have raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal glazing.
Reason for designation
Listed as a traditional telephone box in a key location in this small quayside settlement.
Nearby in the register
- Old Carpenters ShopDomesticunder 1 mi
- Kiln CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Out-kitchen at Kiln CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cresselly Arms P.H.Commercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.