Telephone Call-box beside Ty Capel, 1494 (W side), Tafarn-y-gelyn is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 July 1990. Telephone box.

Telephone Call-box beside Ty Capel, 1494 (W side), Tafarn-y-gelyn

WRENN ID
eastward-gargoyle-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 July 1990
Type
Telephone box
Address
Telephone Call-box beside Ty Capel, 1494 (W side), Tafarn-y-gelyn, Llanferres
OS grid reference
SJ 188 618
Coordinates
53.14728, -3.21411
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a telephone call box located beside Ty Capel at Tafarn-y-gelyn, dating from the 20th century. It features a domed roof with four lunettes that contain embossed crowns, along with red lettered opals and ventilation slits. The sides and door have raised surrounds, and the horizontal glazing is accented with marginal bars. The call box also has a moulded plinth.

Local climate

Telephone Call-box beside Ty Capel, 1494 (W side), Tafarn-y-gelyn receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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