Telephone Call-box near Townsend (01792 390179) is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 May 1990. Call box. 2 related planning applications.
Telephone Call-box near Townsend (01792 390179)
- WRENN ID
- muffled-beam-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1990
- Type
- Call box
- Address
- Telephone Call-box near Townsend (01792 390179), Landimore, Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton, SA3 1HD
- OS grid reference
- SS 465 930
- Coordinates
- 51.61543, -4.2177
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a late 20th-century telephone call-box. It features a domed roof with four lunettes, each containing an embossed depiction of Queen Elizabeth II’s crown above red lettering spelling "OPAL". Ventilation slits are also present in the lunettes. The sides and door have raised surrounds, with marginal glazing to horizontal perspex panels. The rear of the call-box is plain, except for a foundry identification mark which reads "Lion Foundry / Co Ltd / Kirkintilloch". A moulded plinth is present at the base.
Local climate
Telephone Call-box near Townsend (01792 390179) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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