Telephone Box is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 2008. Telephone kiosk.
Telephone Box
- WRENN ID
- fallow-pewter-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 2008
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1611/0/10012
THORNFORD LONGFORD ROAD Telephone Box
20-FEB-08
GV II
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'.
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 Thornford is designated 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, having proximity and a good visual relationship with other Grade II listed buildings, in a central position in the village.
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