Telephone kiosk, Queen Street, Warrenpoint, Newry, Co. Down, BT34 3HR

This is a K6 style telephone kiosk, dating from the period 1940 to 1959. It is situated in a prominent location adjacent to the side entrance of Warrenpoint Public Park. This kiosk has group and townscape value due to its location.

The kiosk is a variation of the standard K6 Jubilee kiosk, which itself evolved from the Giles Gilbert Scott K2 design, and was constructed of red painted cast iron and glazed elements, set upon a concrete plinth. It has a shallow domed roof with a Crown fascia and the word ‘TELEPHONE’ in a serif font (red lettering on a white background) displayed on all four sides. The glazed cheeks and door have a plain back panel facing the road (the northeast face). A slot at the top of the fascia accommodated one of two royal crowns cast after the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953; one representing St. Edward's Crown (for England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and the other the Queen’s Crown of Scotland, acknowledging her role as Queen Elizabeth I of Scotland. Approximately 45,000 of these kiosks were installed across Britain between the mid-1950s and 1967, after which the more modern K8 design was introduced. The original colour scheme was Post Office red (BS381C-red538), which was later changed to Poppy red (BS381C-red539) following the introduction of the K8 kiosks.