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
4987
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
19/06/1990  
Date of Amendment
19/06/1990  
Name of Property
Telephone Call-box  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Gwynedd  
Community
Dolgellau  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
272743  
Northing
317698  
Street Side
 
Location
Opposite the junction with Well Street set against stone wall.  

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 l936, this example probably installed after the Second World War.  

Exterior
Domed roof with 4 lunettes containing embossed crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and door with sidebar glazing to horizontal panels. Timber stiles to door, blank rear, moulded plinth; modernised telephone equipment.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Group value with other listed items in Finsbury Square.  

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