Pair of Telephone Call-boxes immediately to S of St Mary's Church Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 November 1992. Telephone call box.

Pair of Telephone Call-boxes immediately to S of St Mary's Church Tower

WRENN ID
carved-finial-oak
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
Telephone call box
Address
Pair of Telephone Call-boxes immediately to S of St Mary's Church Tower, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 044 285
Coordinates
51.94689, -3.39103
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This listing describes a pair of telephone call boxes located immediately to the south of St Mary's Church Tower. The call boxes feature a domed roof with four lunettes that contain embossed crowns, along with red lettered opals and ventilation slits. The sides and door have raised surrounds and marginal bars on the horizontal glazing. The rear of the boxes is blank, and they stand on a moulded plinth. A foundry plate on the boxes is inscribed with "Carron Company, Stirlingshire."

Local climate

Pair of Telephone Call-boxes immediately to S of St Mary's Church Tower 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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