Telephone call box in front of the Old House PH, Llangynwyd Middle (Llangynwyd

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5862 / 51°35'10"N

Longitude: -3.6509 / 3°39'3"W

OS Eastings: 285718

OS Northings: 188778

OS Grid: SS857887

Mapcode National: GBR H9.C8DL

Mapcode Global: VH5H3.NDRB

Plus Code: 9C3RH8PX+FJ

Entry Name: Telephone call box in front of the Old House PH

Listing Date: 31 October 1988

Last Amended: 8 September 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11353

Building Class: Communications

ID on this website: 300011353

Location: The call box stands in the centre of the village, in the grass verge at the road side, in front of The Old House PH, and opposite the churchyard wall.

County: Bridgend

Town: Llangynwyd Middle

Community: Llangynwyd Middle (Llangynwyd - Canol)

Community: Llangynwyd Middle

Locality: Llangynwyd

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Telephone booth

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History

King George VI, type K6 Mark 2 call box as the standard design adapted from the ''Jubilee'' kiosk designed in 1936 by Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of London and introduced as standard in a modified form by the General Post Office in 1936. The Mark 2 of which this is one, was introduced in 1939, and has the manufacturer''s plate to the rear, reading MacFarlane and Co / Saracen Foundry, Glasgow.

Exterior

Cast iron, square in plan, with a domed roof and lunettes on each side containing embossed crowns, the opals below presently covered by a BT label. Raised surrounds to the sides and door with margin glazing bars forming a horizontal pattern.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its group value with the Old House, the church and churchyard walls at the centre of the village conservation area.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II The Hopcyn Cross
The cross is set at the road junction immediately SW of the churchyard, at the centre of Llangynwyd village.
II The Old House Inn PH
The inn is located immediately to the S of the churchyard, and accessed from the road around the churchyard walls.
II Group of nine memorials on the W side of the path to the S porch, Church of St Cynwyd
The group comprises 5 chest tombs, 3 ledger slabs and 1 headstone, set immediately S of the Hopkin and Jenkins railed group, approximately 23m S of the S porch door.
II Jenkins Monument in the churchyard, Church of St Cynwyd
The monumental tomb stands on the E side of the path to the S porch, approximately 22m from the door.
II Group of 4 Hopkin and Jenkins tombs within iron railings on the W side of the path to the S porch
The goup of four tombs are enclosed in cast iron railings, and placed c.20m S of the S porch.
II Churchyard walls around the graveyard, Church of St Cynwyd
The main churchyard surrounds the church, in the centre of the village.
II Group of five tombs S of the tower of the Church of St Cynwyd
The tombs are set approximately end to end immediately S of the tower and S wall at the W end of the nave of the church, and adjacent to the path to the S door.
II Two chest tombs on S side of the Church of St Cynwyd
The two tombs are set E of the porch and approximately 3m from the nave wall.

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Telephone call box in front of the Old House PH

A Grade II Listed Building in Llangynwyd Middle (Llangynwyd - Canol), Bridgend