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Telephone Call-box outside The Old Post Office

A Grade II Listed Building in Ysbyty Ystwyth, Ceredigion

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.335 / 52°20'6"N

Longitude: -3.8518 / 3°51'6"W

OS Eastings: 273921

OS Northings: 272386

OS Grid: SN739723

Mapcode National: GBR 92.V28V

Mapcode Global: VH4FW.6K1T

Plus Code: 9C4R84PX+27

Entry Name: Telephone Call-box outside The Old Post Office

Listing Date: 23 December 2004

Last Amended: 23 December 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 83423

Building Class: Communications

ID on this website: 300083423

Location: Situated in centre of village outside former the Old Post Office.

County: Ceredigion

Town: Ystrad Meurig

Community: Ysbyty Ystwyth

Community: Ysbyty Ystwyth

Locality: Pontrhydygroes

Traditional County: Cardiganshire

Tagged with: K6 telephone box

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History

Telephone call box of standard K6 design by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott made for the GPO in 1930s. The family of the postmaster from 1904, D.J. Davies, had a letter of 5/3/1934 giving consent for the erection of a telephone kiosk on the forecourt of the shop, at an annual rental of one shilling.

Exterior

Telephone kiosk, red-painted cast-iron with shallow-domed top and George VI crown in lunettes, over glazed panels lettered ''Telephone''. Door and sides have glazing in 8 bands, each with marginal glazing bars. Blank rear with maker''s plaque of Carron Co. Stirlingshire.

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value with the Old Post Office.

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