What is recorded here
Freestanding steel framed telephone box, erected c.1950. Domed roof and with bakelite lettered panels. Glazed side panels with raised moulding to sides (north-west and south-east). Panelled to rear (south-west) elevation. Square-headed door opening, door now missing.
An increasingly rare example of a public phone box that was once common throughout the country. The design is the Kiosk 6, created by George Gilbert Scott, was in production from 1935 to 1960 and shows influences of the Art Deco period.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20851058
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- ME, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Unknown author Unknown author, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- David Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Einaz80, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andy Beecroft, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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