Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
18/12/1989
Date of Amendment
24/05/2002
Name of Property
Telephone Call-box on the east side of the central gardens
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Location
In the centre of this unified Conservation Area of Victorian housing.
Broad Class
Communications
History
Design introduced by the GPO in 1936 to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London, but this example may have been installed after WWII.
Exterior
K6 type square, red kiosk of cast iron construction. Raised surrounds to the door and sides with marginal glazing bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear, moulded plinth. Domed roof with four lunettes with King George VI crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits.
Reason for designation
Included as a K6 telephone call box in a heritage location.
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