Telephone Call-box, Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith (Llanfihangel-y-Pwll a Lecwydd), Vale of Glamorgan

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4499 / 51°26'59"N

Longitude: -3.2224 / 3°13'20"W

OS Eastings: 315153

OS Northings: 173030

OS Grid: ST151730

Mapcode National: GBR K6Z.F6

Mapcode Global: VH6FD.3T9D

Plus Code: 9C3RCQXH+X2

Entry Name: Telephone Call-box

Listing Date: 30 November 1990

Last Amended: 25 April 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 13449

Building Class: Communications

ID on this website: 300013449

Location: In the village centre, adjacent to the gable end of the listed row of Church Cottages and opposite the church.

County: Vale of Glamorgan

Town: Cardiff

Community: Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith (Llanfihangel-y-Pwll a Lecwydd)

Community: Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith

Locality: Michaelston-le-Pit

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Red telephone box

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History

K6 type square red kiosk of standard design by Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London. Design introduced by GPO in 1936.

Exterior

K 6 telephone box. Of cast iron painted red with domed roof surmounted by crown; 4 lunettes with red-lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and door with margin bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear with casting inscription, moulded plinth.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for group value with the Church of St Michael and Church Cottages in this central village location.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Nos 1, 2, 3 Church Cottages
On the opposite side of the road and to the N of the church.
II Lychgate at Church of St Michael
Forming the churchyard entrance NE of the church.
I Church of St Michael
In the centre of the village, on a steep rise, the churchyard sloping to S.
II The Old Dairy at Cwrt-yr-Ala
Standing on the N bank of the seventh pond in the valley SE of the main house.
II Cwrt-yr-Ala House
In a spectacular position, on a terraced slope overlooking a part-wooded valley, Cwm Penllwynog, through which runs the Winstone Brook later joining the Cadoxton River.
II Remains of Dinas Powis Castle
On a wooded spur in Castle Wood, immediately above the C20 development of Lettons Way and reached by footpath from there.
II Brynwell Farm including attached agricultural buildings
About 1km W of B4262, reached by minor road which joins B4262 near telephone box.
II Church of St Peter
On low-lying ground by the Cadoxton River a short distance N of the village centre.

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Telephone Call-box

A Grade II Listed Building in Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith (Llanfihangel-y-Pwll a Lecwydd), Vale of Glamorgan