Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call Box on Crossroads opposite Ty Hir
Aberffraw, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Dothan, Aberffraw, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 15 December 2008.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 15 December 2008
- Locality
- Dothan
- Community
- Aberffraw
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.23933, -4.43489
- Cadw reference
- 87583
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 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On north side of cross roads on minor road between Aberffraw and Gwalchmai, south-east of the hamlet of Dothan.
History
K6 type of square red kiosk of standard design by Giles GIlbert Scott. Design first introduced by the GPO in 1936 this model probably dates to the early years of the reign of Elizabeth II.
Exterior
K6 type telephone box of cast-iron construction to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott. Domed roof with four lunettes enclosing embossed crowns with red-lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and door with margin bars to horizontal glazing.
Reason for designation
Listed as a traditional telephone box, with group value with listed Ty Hir cottage on opposite side of crossroads.
Nearby in the register
- Ty HirDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tal-y-llynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St. PeulanReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Chapel of St. Mary (Tal-y-llyn) and churchyard wallsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.