Telephone call-box, Darowen. is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 July 1992. House.

Telephone call-box, Darowen.

WRENN ID
over-keep-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 July 1992
Type
House
Address
Telephone call-box, Darowen., Glantwymyn
OS grid reference
SH 829 017
Coordinates
52.60115, -3.7293
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a telephone call-box located in Darowen. It features a domed roof with four lunettes that contain embossed crowns of George VI, alongside faded red lettering on opals and ventilation slits. The call-box has raised surrounds with marginal bars on the horizontal glazing and a moulded plinth. The rear of the structure is blank.

Local climate

Telephone call-box, Darowen. 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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