Former Police Telephone Box is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 March 1999. Telephone box.

Former Police Telephone Box

WRENN ID
dark-trefoil-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newport
Constituency
Newport East MP: Jessica Morden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 March 1999
Type
Telephone box
Address
Former Police Telephone Box, Alway
OS grid reference
ST 336 881
Coordinates
51.5883, -2.95937
Source
Cadw listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

This is a former police telephone box made with a concrete framework and iron panels, which are painted blue. It features a stepped roof that has a cylindrical lamp on top. There is a small hatch facing Chepstow Road and an altered small-pane doorway on the west side.

Local climate

Former Police Telephone Box receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Beechwood House, attached forecourt wall and attached coach-house range Grade II 609 m
  2. St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Grade II 768 m
  3. Old Lime Kiln Grade II 927 m
  4. Cambrian House Grade II 985 m
  5. The Lawns Grade II 1.1 km
  6. Church of St John the Evangelist Grade II 1.1 km
  7. Maindee Pools, including Forecourt Walls and Railings Grade II 1.3 km
  8. Summerhill Baptist Church Grade II 1.3 km
  9. Church House & The Friars Grade II 1.6 km
  10. Monument of Willmett and Darvel in the Churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity Grade II 1.6 km