K6 Telephone Kiosk

TURNWORTH

433/0/10008 K6 Telephone Kiosk 22-MAY-08

GV II Telephone kiosk. Designed 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Made by various contractors.

MATERIALS: Cast iron and glass.

DESCRIPTION: It is constructed in cast iron, with three glazed sides in eight registers with margin lights, and a solid rear side with reeded decoration. The Soane-inspired canopy dome is placed above the four arched sides, each with a crown in relief above a glazed panel inscribed 'TELEPHONE'. The interior has modernised equipment.

HISTORY: The K6 or 'Jubilee' telephone kiosk was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V, and was a development on Scott's K2 box. The design has become iconic and some 11,000 boxes to this design were ultimately produced.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: The K6 telephone kiosk in Turnworth is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * An iconic example of industrial design, showing Giles Gilbert Scott's adaptation of Neoclassical forms for a modern technological function * A good example of the type situated in a Conservation Area * Having proximity and a good visual relationship with a number of Grade II listed buildings that form a group of mid-C19 estate cottages