Telephone Kiosk at The Gate Inn, Gawley's Gate, Aghalee, Co Antrim

A K6 telephone kiosk designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, dating from between approximately 1936 and 1953. The kiosk is located in the small settlement of Gawley's Gate, on the east shore of Lough Neagh, on the west side of Derryola Bridge Road next to The Gate Inn, about 3.5 kilometres north-west of Aghalee.

The kiosk retains the characteristic cast-iron body painted red of the K6 type, with a teak door. Each elevation displays the Tudor crown motif over a glazed TELEPHONE panel. The door opens to the south-west, and following standard arrangement the north-east face, where the telephone itself is attached, is blank. The kiosk has had modern telephone equipment installed and continues to fulfil its original function, though it appears no longer in regular use. The glazing has been replaced, with some panes now broken, and the bottom rail of the door is broken.

The K6 model was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Constructed in cast-iron with a teak door and compact in size, it was easily mass-produced. The design developed from Scott's earlier telephone kiosk models, the larger K2 (introduced in 1926) and K3 (1929). Distribution throughout the United Kingdom began from 1936, and the K6 became the most successful and populous type of kiosk introduced, with approximately 60,000 placed around the country. About 8,000 of these were installed as part of the Jubilee Concession, which allowed towns and villages with a post office to apply for a kiosk. A year later, under the Tercentenary Concession celebrating the Post Office's 300th anniversary, a further 1,000 kiosks were installed over 12 years for local authorities paying a five-year subscription of £4. A minor alteration to the K6 design occurred following the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, when the Tudor crown motif was replaced with St. Edward's crown. From 1955, the Crown of Scotland was used for kiosks in that country, with a slot in the fascia allowing either version to be inserted into all those manufactured from this date. The model continued in production until 1968 when the more modernist K8, designed by Bruce Martin, was introduced. The first available Ordnance Survey map on which this kiosk is shown is dated 1965.