Telephone Call-box in centre of Village at junction with Croft John is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 November 1990. Shed.

Telephone Call-box in centre of Village at junction with Croft John

WRENN ID
sacred-cupola-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 November 1990
Type
Shed
Address
Telephone Call-box in centre of Village at junction with Croft John, Penmark, Barry, Rhoose
OS grid reference
ST 057 688
Coordinates
51.41053, -3.357
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a K6 type telephone call box located in the center of the village at the junction with Croft John. It is a square, red kiosk made of cast iron. The door and sides have raised surrounds with horizontal glazing bars. The back of the kiosk is blank and features a moulded plinth. The roof is domed and includes four lunettes that display King George VI crowns above red lettered opals and ventilation slits.

Local climate

Telephone Call-box in centre of Village at junction with Croft John sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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