K1 Telephone Kiosk, Newsholme Dean

K1 telephone box, most probably a Mk 235 model, designed in 1922 and built between 1922-1927, by the Office of Engineer in Chief GPO. Moved to its current location alongside the weir at Dean Beck, Newsholme Dean and re-purposed as a housing for water-flow measuring equipment in the mid-C20

MATERIALS: pre-cast concrete, metal window frames and a timber door.

PLAN: the kiosk is located on the north side of the weir at Dean Beck, Newsholme Dean, and is square in plan.

EXTERIOR: the kiosk, which is constructed of rectangular pre-cast concrete sections bolted together to form a box shape, is set upon a wide concrete base and has a pyramidal roof with a cornice and topped by a ball finial. The kiosk is unpainted, but would have originally been painted white with glazing frames and the door painted in red. The rear of the kiosk is solid and panelled, with two panels to the lower part and a larger panel above, and ventilation holes at the top and bottom. The kiosk sides are similarly styled, but here the larger upper panel is a window opening with metal frames in a three-row, two-one-two light configuration; that to the right (west) side has largely lost its frame, and none of the glazing survives. Behind the kiosk is the remains of the panelled door, which is constructed of timber and would have originally had a glazing-bar configuration in the same style as the kiosk's side panels, but the glazing bars have been lost, along with most of the upper section of the door.

INTERIOR: the interior of the kiosk is plain, but the remnants of window-sill shelving survive to each side. The floor has been cutaway, presumably for the installation of water-flow equipment, which has since been removed.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 13/01/2021 to amend a sentence in the History section.