Telephone call-box at Soar (01874 636331) is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 May 2005. Telephone kiosk.

Telephone call-box at Soar (01874 636331)

WRENN ID
endless-footing-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
27 May 2005
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
Telephone call-box at Soar (01874 636331), Brecon, Trallong
OS grid reference
SN 970 320
Coordinates
51.97732, -3.49977
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a red-painted cast-iron telephone kiosk with a shallow domed roof designed in the style of Sir John Soane. It features George VI crowns in the lunettes above glazed rectangles that are lettered "Telephone." The sides and door are made of glass with marginal panes, while the rear is blank.

Local climate

Telephone call-box at Soar (01874 636331) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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