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
4613
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
10/05/1988  
Date of Amendment
01/04/1998  
Name of Property
Telephone Call-box (tel no: 01758 712919)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Llanengan  
Town
Pwllheli  
Locality
Llanengan  
Easting
229436  
Northing
327005  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated in Llanengan village on T-junction with road from Llangian. Recessed into rubble-faced bank.  

Description


Broad Class
Communications  
Period
 

History
Telephone call-box to standard K6 design by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott introduced by the GPO in 1936. This example has the George VI crown, pre 1953.  

Exterior
Telephone kiosk, red-painted cast-iron square plan with curved angles, two glazed sides and glazed front door. Raised surrounds to glazing panels and door, glazing in horizontal tiers with marginal bars. Top has translucent lettered panels and Soaneian shallow square dome with embossed crowns in lunettes. Blank rear.  

Interior
Modernised telephone equipment.  

Reason for designation
Included for prominent location in centre of an attractive village.  

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