Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
4611
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/05/1988
Date of Amendment
20/07/1999
Name of Property
Telephone Call-box
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanaelhaearn
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Llanaelhaearn
Easting
238801
Northing
344737
Street Side
W
Location
The call box stands at the junction of the village street with the main Caernarfon to Pwllheli road (A499).
Description
Broad Class
Communications
Period
History
The standard K6 Jubilee pattern cast iron public telephone kiosk was derived from the original design of 1936 by Giles Gilbert Scott. The mark 1 was superceded by the Mark 2 in 1939. They were generally manufactured by a number of foundries, mostly in the Glasgow area.
Exterior
Type 6 mark 1 box, made of cast iron in kit form for assembly on site, with a domed roof and 4 lunettes containing embossed crowns over red lettered opals, and ventilation slits. Margin glazed sides and door, and plain back with symmetrical cable entry holes. There is no identifying manufacturer''s plate and the crown in the lunettes is the replacable type introduced 1955.
Interior
The interior has been modernised.
Reason for designation
Included as part of the townscape in the centre of this section of Llanaelhaearn.
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