K8 Telephone Kiosk, Skillings Lane, Brough

K8 telephone kiosk. Designed by Bruce Martin and introduced from 1968.

MATERIALS: cast iron and aluminium.

DESCRIPTION The K8 telephone kiosk stands close to the Elloughton and Brough War Memorial at the junction of Skillings Lane and Welton Road.

The Mark 1 design has a square plan and stands on a concrete base. It is built of six cast iron parts and an aluminium door. Three sides of the kiosk, including the door contain large sheets of toughened glass set in rectangular frames with rounded corners. The rear panel has a blind rectangular frame with rounded corners and below an attached cast iron manufacturer’s plaque which is illegible. The four sides of the flat roof dome have rectangular framed signage panes with rounded corners glazed with toughened glass, each bearing the word TELEPHONE on a white background. The kiosk is painted cream.