Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks in Argyll Street, London

A pair of K6 telephone kiosks situated in Argyll Street, London.

The K6 is a standardised design made of cast iron, and generally 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 on all four sides. These two kiosks have late C20 telephone equipment and are painted red with signage and embossed crowns intact. Each has a glazing panel missing, and there is some damage to the door of the more southerly of the pair. The K6 Kiosks in Argyll Street, London both bear the King's crown, dating them to before 1952. They stand at the end of a pedestrian area in the heart of the west end of London.

The pair enjoy a high visual relationship with a number of listed buildings in the immediate environs, including the London Palladium Theatre (National Heritage List for England reference 1210130), The Argyll Public House (NHLE reference 1066496), and the premises of Messrs Liberty & Company Limited (NHLE reference 1357064) all listed at Grade II*, Dickins and Jones (NHLE reference 1265215), 229-247 Regent Street (NHLE reference 1265197), Palladium House (NHLE reference 1357168), Oxford Circus Underground Station (NHLE reference 1400976, 1401022), and the Peter Robinson Stores (NHLE reference 1227690), all listed at Grade II.

Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that the aforementioned late C20 telephone equipment is not of special architectural or historic interest.