K6 telephone kiosk, Malham

K6 telephone kiosk, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.

The K6 is a standardised design made of cast-iron, painted red overall with long horizontal glazing in the doors 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. It has modernised internal equipment.

This example is situated on the eastern side of Cove Road, at the centre of the village of Malham. It stands in front of The Row, a listed terrace of five former cottages, now three houses (List entry 1132362), approximately 16m to the west, one of which was the original village Post Office and is still known as the Old Post House. The telephone kiosk has a strong visual relationship with these three listed buildings collectively and it has a contextual relationship with the former post office. Additionally, it has a contextual relationship with a later former Post Office (List entry 1301366), approximately 28m to the south.