Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23332
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/05/2000
Date of Amendment
25/05/2000
Name of Property
Telephone Call-box
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Pennal
Town
Machynlleth
Locality
Pennal
Easting
269955
Northing
300379
Street Side
Location
The GPO box stands against the churchyard wall, opposite the Riverside Hotel, in the centre of the village.
Description
Broad Class
Communications
Period
History
A standard type K6 telephone call box, Mk 1, based on the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London, and introduced by the GPO in 1936.
Exterior
G VI R, K6-type square cast iron telephone call-box of cast iron, with a domed roof and 4 lunettes containing embossed and unpierced George VI crowns over painted opals. Raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal glazing, and a moulded plinth. The rear is blank, without a maker''s nameplate, but possibly by the Carron Foundry as the similar box at Cwrt, with symmetrical cable entries.
Interior
The interior equipment has been modernised.
Reason for designation
Included as an early K6 box in a prominent location at the centre of the village, of group value with the church, and the Riverside Hotel.
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