Telephone Call-box at lay-by adjoining churchyard in centre of village (01874 622105) is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 November 1992. Bridge.

Telephone Call-box at lay-by adjoining churchyard in centre of village (01874 622105)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
27 November 1992
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
SO 011 282
Coordinates
51.94356, -3.43949
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a telephone kiosk located at a lay-by next to the churchyard in the center of the village. It is made of red painted cast iron and features a Soaneian domed roof. The kiosk has four lunettes that contain embossed George VI crowns above red lettered glass panels. There are raised surrounds on two sides and a door with marginal bars on the horizontal glazing. It also has a moulded plinth and a foundry plate on the blank rear.

Local climate

Telephone Call-box at lay-by adjoining churchyard in centre of village (01874 622105) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 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 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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