Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call Box at Crossroads adjacent to Boundary Wall of Gaerllwyd Baptist Chapel
Shirenewton, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Gaerllwyd, Shirenewton, Monmouthshire, designated on 8 April 2009.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 8 April 2009
- Locality
- Gaerllwyd
- Community
- Shirenewton
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.66588, -2.79963
- Cadw reference
- 87586
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 250 Chepstow (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1905 · 250 Chepstow (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Adjacent to north east corner of boundary wall to Gaerllwyd Baptist Chapel near crossroads of several minor roads.
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. 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, group value with the listed Gaerllwyd Baptist Chapel.
Nearby in the register
- Gaerllwyd Baptist ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gaer-Llwyd Burial ChamberChambered Tombunder 1 mi
- Church of St PeterReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- MilestoneTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.