K6 Telephone Kiosk

The K6 telephone kiosk is a standardised design dating from 1935, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V’s Silver Jubilee. It is constructed of cast iron, painted red, and features long horizontal glazing in the door and sides. Decorative crowns are applied to the top panels rather than being perforated. Rectangular white display signs read “TELEPHONE” beneath the shallow-domed roof. The interior has been modernised, though the kiosk retains its original glass windows and back panel, and is undamaged.

The kiosk stands on the High Street in the centre of the village, located outside a former wooden telephone exchange building. It stands within a group, approximately 20 metres away across the High Street from two 18th-century listed buildings – Green's Stores and The Tall House. To the south of the High Street is an unlisted Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, built in 1839.

The K6 design represented a development from Giles Gilbert Scott’s earlier K2 kiosk, designed in 1924, being more streamlined, compact and cost-effective to mass produce. Over 70,000 K6 kiosks were eventually made, and they remain a valued feature of Britain's streetscapes.

The kiosk is designated at Grade II for its group value, contributing to the character of the conservation area and visually relating to the nearby listed buildings, and for its architectural and historic significance as a milestone of 20th-century industrial design from a leading British architect.