The boxes are nearly 70 years old

British Telecom had wanted to remove the boxes, but the local council stepped in after a number of protests from residents.

The boxes - which date from the 1930s - are now protected as "buildings of special architectural or historic interest."

Phone box locations Kensington Place - Bath Grosvenor Place x 2 - Bath Junction of North Road and The Avenue - Bath Bathwick Hill Junction of Victoria Square and Church Street - Radstock

Councillor Rosemary Todd said: "I am delighted that these telephone boxes have been listed as they are an integral part of English life."

The cast iron boxes date from around 1935 and were designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.

The rise of the mobile phone has meant that they are used by fewer people in the 21st Century.