Telephone Call-box (01550 720559) is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 June 1990. Lookout station.
Telephone Call-box (01550 720559)
- WRENN ID
- tired-moulding-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1990
- Type
- Lookout station
- Address
- Telephone Call-box (01550 720559), Myddfai, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, SA20 0NX
- OS grid reference
- SN 772 300
- Coordinates
- 51.95578, -3.78775
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a red-painted cast-iron telephone kiosk with a square plan. It features two glazed sides and a wooden-framed door, with matching iron glazing set into the door. The glazing is divided by horizontal bars, with vertical bars separating the marginal panes. The kiosk has a raised plinth and a raised border around the glazing. The top stage includes rectangular translucent lettered panels beneath a shallow Soaneian square dome, which has a George VI crown in each lunette.
Local climate
Telephone Call-box (01550 720559) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2001
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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