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Telephone Call-box adjacent to the churchyard gate at Cascob

A Grade II Listed Building in Whitton, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2906 / 52°17'26"N

Longitude: -3.1166 / 3°6'59"W

OS Eastings: 323940

OS Northings: 266421

OS Grid: SO239664

Mapcode National: GBR B1.XWXM

Mapcode Global: VH69C.XPRC

Plus Code: 9C4R7VRM+79

Entry Name: Telephone Call-box adjacent to the churchyard gate at Cascob

Listing Date: 16 March 1992

Last Amended: 16 March 1992

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 9087

Building Class: Communications

ID on this website: 300009087

County: Powys

Community: Whitton (Llanddewi yn Hwytyn)

Community: Whitton

Traditional County: Radnorshire

Tagged with: Red telephone box

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History

K6 type, square red kiosk set into grazzy bank. Cast-iron construction to the standard design of Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London. Design introduced by GPO in 1936, this example dates from the reign of King George VI. Foundry plate inscribed: "MacFarlane & Co, Saracen Foundry, Glasgow".

Exterior

Domed roof with four lunettes containing embossed crowns over red lettered opals and ventilation slits. Raised surrounds to sides and door with marginal bars to horizontal glazing. Blank rear, moulded plinth.

Reasons for Listing

Included for group value in an attractive location adjoining churchyard.

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  • II Rectory House
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  • II The Schoolhouse
    Lies to the east of and just below Cascob Church adjacent to the churchyard gate. Secluded setting below slopes of Radnor Forest. Victorian Gothic group of buildings.
  • II* Church of St Michael
    Secluded setting at the head of the long narrow Cascob valley below the slopes of Radnor Forest. Approached by the valley road from Discoed crossroads.
  • II Farm Range to SW of Court Farmhouse
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  • II Court Farmhouse
    Set back from the lane leading from Discoed crossroads to Cascob Church, on the lower slopes of Llan-fawr.
  • II Farm Range to SE of Court Farmhouse
    Encloses right side of C19 improved farm complex.
  • II Cwmilward
    Situated at the head of a small valley about half a mile north west of Cascob Church.
  • II Lower Dyffryn
    Situated midway along the south side of Cascob valley about one and a half miles west of Discoed crossroads.

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