K6 telephone kiosk by the south-west entrance to Kensington Gardens

The K6 is a standardised design, a rectangular cast-iron box, eight feet in height and three feet square on plan, with a shallow domed roof. The glazed door and side panels are divided by glazing bars into eight narrow horizontal strips with narrow side lights, surrounded by a thin moulding. The back panel also has this moulding but is unglazed. The upper section has white illuminated signage panels on all four sides, inscribed ‘TELEPHONE’. Above each of these is a crown emblem, embossed and not perforated as in the earlier K2 kiosk. The telephone equipment inside is modern.

The present kiosk stands outside the south-westernmost gate to Kensington Gardens (a Grade I-registered landscape), semi-adjacent to the (Grade II-listed) entrance gates and piers to Kensington Palace, and across the road from No. 1 Kensington High Street and the Milestone Hotel (both Grade II).