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
13999
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/12/1989
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
Telephone Call Box adjoining E Side Of The Former Coal Exchange
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Butetown
Town
Locality
Easting
318980
Northing
174713
Street Side
E
Location
On the pavement immediately outside the former Coal Exchange building; opposite Lloyds Bank.
Description
Broad Class
Communications
Period
History
K6 type square, red kiosk of cast-iron construction to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London. Design introduced by GPO in 1936; this example manufactured by Carron Co, Stirlingshire.
Exterior
Domed roof with four lunettes containg embossed King George VI crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Door has raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal perspex glazing. Blank rear, moulded plinth.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with other listed buildings in the Mount Stuart Square conservation area.
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