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

Telephone Call-box

WRENN ID
dusk-crypt-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 July 1992
Type
Telephone call-box
Address
Telephone Call-box, St Clears, Carmarthen, St. Clears, SA33 4EE
OS grid reference
SN 280 156
Coordinates
51.81268, -4.4958
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cast-iron telephone call-box from the early to mid 20th century. It has a square shape with raised surrounds on the sides and door. The door and sides feature glazed horizontal panels with marginal glazing bars, while the back is blank. The call-box has a moulded plinth and a shallow domed roof that includes four lunettes, each containing an embossed George VI crown above three illuminated lettered panels.

Local climate

Telephone Call-box sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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