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
82014
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/10/2003
Date of Amendment
29/10/2003
Name of Property
Telephone Call-box by Capel Gwynfryn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanbedr
Town
Locality
Pentre Gwynfryn
Easting
259732
Northing
327203
Street Side
Location
Set back from the W side of the road which leads E off the A496 in the village of Llanbedr and runs through the hamlet of Pentre Gwynfryn; the chapel is at the NE end of the hamlet. The telephone box is directly S of the chapel.
Description
Broad Class
Communications
Period
History
K6 type telephone kiosk to standard design of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Design introduction by the GPO in 1936, this example dates from the region of King George VI.
Exterior
Red painted cast-iron telephone kiosk with shallow domed roof, and embossed George VI crowns in lunette each side. Below are red-lettered semi-transparent panels and ventilation slits. Sides have raised surrounds with horizontal glass panels with margin lights. Similar panels to door. Raised plinth. Blank rear.
Interior
Reason for designation
Forms a group with the adjacent mid C19 chapel at Pentre Gwynfryn.
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