K8 telephone kiosk

K8 telephone kiosk. Designed by Bruce Martin and introduced from 1968.

DESCRIPTION The kiosk comprises six cast iron parts and an aluminium door. The door and the two sides of the kiosk contain large rectangular sheets of toughened glass set in frames with rounded corners, the fourth side has a solid panel set in a frame. It has a square plan with a flat roof dome that is glazed with toughened glass set on four sides with rectangular panes, again with rounded corners, three have clear glass and the fourth, front panel bears the words ‘FERNDOWN 2685’ in black lettering. It is likely it would have originally carried the word 'TELEPHONE'. The kiosk is painted red.