K6 Telephone Kiosk, High Street, Rayleigh

The K6 is a standardised design made of cast-iron, painted red overall with long horizontal glazing in the door and sides and with the crowns situated on the top panels being applied not perforated. There are rectangular white display signs, reading TELEPHONE beneath the shallow-curved roof. The kiosk has retained its original glazing in the door and to one side but some panels have been replaced with perspex. It is now in use as a local council information point and no longer contains a telephone. The paintwork is faded.

This kiosk enjoys a prominent location within the historic centre of Rayleigh and is adjacent to a postbox set in a freestanding brick pillar (unlisted). It also forms part of a strong visual grouping with the Lloyds Bank and The Crown Public House (both listed at Grade II). Along with other historic listed structures in the near vicinity such as the Horse Trough and Drinking Fountain, Martyrs Memorial Obelisk and Town Pump (all three also listed at Grade II) the kiosk therefore forms an important feature of the streetscape.