Two K6 telephone boxes in front of the Victoria and Albert Museum

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.

These two kiosks stand on either side of the main entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum (Grade I), with the houses of Thurloe Square (Grade II) across the street to the south.