Telephone box in Pen-y-dre is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 December 1989. Telephone box.

Telephone box in Pen-y-dre

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff North MP: Anna McMorrin (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 December 1989
Type
Telephone box
Address
Telephone box in Pen-y-dre, Rhiwbina Garden Village (S), Rhiwbina
OS grid reference
ST 159 809
Coordinates
51.52145, -3.21289
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The K6 telephone box in Pen-y-dre is made of cast iron and features a domed roof topped with a crown. It has four lunettes with red-lettered opals and ventilation slits. The sides and door have raised surrounds, and the horizontal glazing is accented with margin bars. The rear of the box is blank and includes a casting inscription, along with a moulded plinth.

Local climate

Telephone box in Pen-y-dre sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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