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Telephone Call-box at Ynysypandy  

 

Gwynedd  

Dolbenmaen  

 

Cwm Ystradllyn  

254934  

343306  

 

At fork in road directly south of Gorseddau (Ynysypandy) Slate factory and Pont y pandy bridge.  

Communications  

Modern  

A K6 type telephone kiosk installed in the early 1950s opposite a post box location established in the early 1900s, when the adjacent slate factory building was still in use for Eisteddfodau and other events. The K6 was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London, and introduced UK-wide by the General Post Office in 1936, with minor changes for the K6 Mark 2 from 1939 to make the kiosks less vulnerable to vandalism and coin theft. The K6 was a smaller, lighter and cheaper version of Scott’s 1924 competition winning design for the K2 ‘national kiosk’, which in the event were largely restricted to London. Scott took inspiration from John Soane’s family tomb for the shallow squared dome roof of the kiosk, and for the K6 introduced wider glass panels influenced by Modernist architecture.  

Red-painted cast-iron kiosk with two glazed sides, blank rear and wooden door with inserted glazed iron panel. Door on west face fitted opposite back panel and hinged left (known as door type A according to Diagram EC1324 of Specification D1140Q). Square plan with slightly raised plinth, glazing each side in horizontal panels with marginal bars. Top has four opalescent panels under shallow Soaneian domed roof with lunettes, each with embossed Tudor crown. Opalescent panels have monolingual ‘TELEPHONE’ lettering. Tudor crowns are flat bottomed and oval-less of the kind which only Macfarlane & Co continued to use on the K6 Mark 2. Rear panel is of K6 Mark 2 type with asymmetrical cable run-in holes at base to either side of manufacturers plate which reads – MACFARLANE &Co Ltd SARACEN FOUNDRY GLASGOW  

Modernised receiver equipment and shelf for telephone directory. 1970s half-cylinder power cover.  

Listed for architectural and historic interest as a K6 call box in a heritage location having group value with nearby listed buildings. This structure has been afforded Interim Protection under Section 79 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023. It is an offence to damage this structure and you may be prosecuted. To find out more about Interim Protection, please visit the statutory notices page on the Cadw website. For further information about this structure, or to report any damage please contact Cadw.