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
585
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/08/1990
Date of Amendment
18/07/2001
Name of Property
Telephone Call-box
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor
Town
Locality
Gwaenysgor
Easting
307523
Northing
381095
Street Side
Location
Set into a break in a low roadside boundary wall, immediately L of the former village shop and facing the road junction in the centre of the village.
Description
Broad Class
Communications
Period
History
GVIR, K6 type telephone kiosk to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London, introduced by the GPO in 1936. This example was cast by the Lion Foundry, Kirkintilloch.
Exterior
A K6 type square, red kiosk of cast-iron, on a moulded plinth. The domed roof has 4 lunettes containing embossed crowns over ventilation slits and opals with almost completly faded red letting. The sides and door have raised surrounds with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. The door is renewed in wood.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its contribution to the historic character of Gwaenysgor.
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