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
87821
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/02/2021
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Telephone Call-box at Forest Coalpit
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Crucorney
Town
Locality
Forest Coalpit
Easting
328510
Northing
221120
Street Side
Location
20m north of Five Ways crossing on right hand side of road.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
In the 1950s a number of phone boxes across the UK were painted in neutral colours in the newly established National Parks to make them less visually obtrusive – the Brecon Beacons National Park was designated in 1957. No other painted phone boxes are known to have survived in Wales's National Parks.
Exterior
K6-type telephone box of cast iron construction. Domed roof with 4 lunettes over glazed lettered panels marked 'Telephone'. Raised surrounds to sides and door with sidebar glazing to horizontal panels. Blank rear. Painted battleship grey.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for architectural interest as a classic telephone box with an unusual colour scheme, and historic interest for its link to the establishment of Brecon Beacons National Park in 1957.
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