Telephone Kiosk, 416 Boa Island Road, Kesh, BT93 2AL

A red telephone kiosk of type K6, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. This example was installed between 1936 and 1953, as evidenced by its Tudor Crown cypher, before this motif was replaced with the St. Edward's crown following Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953.

The kiosk is constructed of cast-iron with a timber door, painted red. Its most distinctive feature is the exceptionally high proportion of glazing, retaining approximately 70 per cent of original glass. The elevations are glazed with 8x3 glazing bars, with only a small proportion (less than 20 per cent) replaced with Perspex. The blank western elevation is unglazed. The design comprises a domed cast-iron roof carried on four moulded corner posts, each bearing a Tudor Crown insignia. Below these, on each glazed elevation, the legend 'Telephone' appears in black serif capital letters within a white-glazed rectangular panel. The kiosk has no rainwater goods.

This K6 model was the most successful and populous telephone kiosk type introduced in the United Kingdom, with approximately 60,000 placed across the country from 1936 onwards. Its compact, easily mass-produced design developed from Scott's earlier K2 (introduced 1926) and K3 (1929) models. Some 8,000 kiosks were installed under the 'Jubilee Concession', which allowed towns and villages with a post office to apply for one. The following year, under the 'Tercentenary Concession' celebrating the Post Office's 300th anniversary, a further 1,000 were installed over 12 years for local authorities paying a five-year subscription of £4. After 1949, the 'Rural Allocation scheme' placed kiosks in out-of-town areas upon rural authority recommendation. Production continued until 1968, when the modernist K8 model designed by Bruce Martin was introduced.

During its lifetime, the kiosk has undergone alterations to accommodate changing technology and society. These include upgrading of internal equipment, vandal-proofing measures, replacement of the fluorescent light with a modern version, and possible replacement of the door handle. All changes have been assessed as appropriate and do not damage the building's architectural and historical worth. The kiosk remains in working order.

It is positioned on a grass verge opposite the lane entrance to 416 Boa Island Road, in open countryside. The setting features an attractive backdrop of fields running down to the shore of Lough Erne. The kiosk forms a rural communications node with the nearby post office and post box, telling the story of early 20th-century rural communications infrastructure. An Ordnance Survey map of 1967 marks a telephone call box at this location, opposite what was then the local Post Office.