Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
11353
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
31/10/1988  
Date of Amendment
 
Name of Property
Telephone call box in front of the Old House PH  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Bridgend  
Community
Llangynwyd Middle  
Town
Llangynwyd Middle  
Locality
Llangynwyd  
Easting
285718  
Northing
188778  
Street Side
 
Location
The call box stands in the centre of the village, in the grass verge at the road side, in front of The Old House PH, and opposite the churchyard wall.  

Description


Broad Class
Communications  
Period
 

History
King George VI , type K6 Mark 2 call box as the standard design adapted from the ''Jubilee'' kiosk designed in 1936 by Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London and introduced as standard in a modified form by the General Post Office in 1936. The Mark 2 of which this is one, was introduced in 1939, and has the manufacturer''s plate to the rear, reading MacFarlane and Co / Saracen Foundry, Glasgow.  

Exterior
Cast iron, square in plan, with a domed roof and lunettes on each side containing embossed crowns, the opals below presently covered by a BT label. Raised surrounds to the sides and door with margin glazing bars forming a horizontal pattern.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included for its group value with the Old House, the church and churchyard walls at the centre of the village conservation area.  

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