Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telephone Call-box outside Cenarth Post Office
Cenarth, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cenarth, Carmarthenshire, designated on 19 May 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1992
- Community
- Cenarth
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.04519, -4.52533
- Cadw reference
- 9743
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 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 194 Llangranog (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on pavement immediately outside the Post Office, S of Cenarth Bridge.
History
Mid C20 telephone call box, K6-type red, cast iron kiosk to the standard design of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott introduced by the GPO in 1936.
Exterior
Domed roof with four lunettes containing embossed George VI crowns over repainted red lettered transparent panels and ventilation slits. Horizontal glazing to sides and door with marginal glazing bars, raised surrounds and moulded plinth. Blank rear, foundry plate not visible.
Reason for designation
Included for its prominent location in Cenarth Conservation Area.
Nearby in the register
- Glantrifi (The Post Office)Communicationsunder 1 mi
- Mill LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- The White Hart InnCommercialunder 1 mi
- Cenarth Bridge (Partly in Ceredigion District)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.