Telephone Call-box is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 November 1993. Kiosk.

Telephone Call-box

WRENN ID
deep-remnant-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
4 November 1993
Type
Kiosk
Address
Telephone Call-box, Mathern, Chepstow
OS grid reference
ST 520 914
Coordinates
51.62025, -2.69447
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a square telephone call box made of cast iron, featuring a timber door. It has a domed roof with four lunettes that display embossed crowns of George VI, along with red-lettered opals and ventilation slits. The front has raised surrounds with marginal bars and horizontal glazing that includes many panes. The rear is blank and shows the founder's name, and it stands on a moulded plinth.

Local climate

Telephone Call-box receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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