British Telecom Telephone Box adjacent to front of the Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1989. Telephone box.
British Telecom Telephone Box adjacent to front of the Post Office
- WRENN ID
- over-courtyard-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1989
- Type
- Telephone box
- OS grid reference
- SS 317 248
- Coordinates
- 50.99814, -4.39898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The British Telecom Telephone Box, located adjacent to the front of the Post Office in Clovelly, dates from around 1935 and was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. It is made of cast iron and follows the standard K6 design. The box features replaced British Telecom equipment and is painted in the traditional red color, both inside and out. It is listed due to its significant heritage position within the Clovelly Conservation area.
Local climate
British Telecom Telephone Box adjacent to front of the Post Office sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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