Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box outside the Goose and Cuckoo Public House
Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, designated on 6 April 2006.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 6 April 2006
- Locality
- Llangadog
- Community
- Llangadog
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.93827, -3.88298
- Cadw reference
- 87491
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
Immediately outside entrance to Goose and Cuckoo Public House.
History
Type K6 telephone kiosk to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London. Design introduced by General Post Office in 1936. This example dated from the reign of George VI.
Exterior
Cast-iron kiosk. Domed roof with four lunettes enclosing embossed crowns over red-lettered opals. Raised surrounds to sides and door with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear, moulded plinth.
Reason for designation
Included for its location within the Llangadog conservation area.
Nearby in the register
- The Limes ShopDomesticunder 1 mi
- Red Lion HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Limes (including front railings)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Rose CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.