The Olde Telegraph is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 May 1970. House.

The Olde Telegraph

WRENN ID
western-bronze-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 May 1970
Type
House
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Single storey telegraph station building comprising square accommodation and office block to rear (S) and rectangular block to N with semi-octagonal splayed end as lookout; now with single storey addition along E wall and glazed conservatory/porch in angle to W. Solidly constructed of 3 layers of brick, rendered; modern slate roof. The windows to each face of the semi-octagonal splayed end of the N block are large 16-pane hornless sashes; other openings have modern doors and replacement casement windows; N block with doorway in W wall and window in E, accommodation block with 2 large windows to W, S and E walls, W wall with smaller window offset to N and N wall with single central window. On the W wall of the lookout block is a tablet which gives the details and date of the construction of the station.

The accommodation and office block formerly had 4 interconnecting rooms with central stack to fireplaces in each room; lookout block with fireplace in SW corner. The interior of the station has been modernised but retains original beams and tongue and grooved pitch pine ceilings, now encased.

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