K6 Kiosk

This is a K6 telephone kiosk, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee. It was constructed of cast iron and painted red overall, featuring long horizontal glazing in the door and sides with applied crowns on the top panels. Rectangular white display signs read "TELEPHONE" beneath the shallow-curved roof. The interior contains modernised equipment and the kiosk is in good condition. It is a standardised design developed from Scott’s earlier K2 telephone kiosk, which was inspired by Neoclassical architecture. The K6 was more streamlined, compact, and cost-effective to mass produce. Over 70,000 were eventually made, though many were later replaced. The kiosk stands at the roadside, adjacent to the graveyard of the Grade I listed Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew and opposite the Grade II listed White Lion Public House. It is designated at Grade II for its status as an iconic example of industrial design, demonstrating Giles Gilbert Scott's adaptation of Neoclassical forms for a modern technological function, and as a particularly good example of the type, with a strong visual relationship with surrounding listed buildings.