K6 Telephone Kiosk, Horringer

Meadow Drive, Horringer, Suffolk, IP29 5SJ

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Overview

A K6 telephone kiosk, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1298918
Date first listed:: 03-Sep-1987
List Entry Name:: K6 Telephone Kiosk, Horringer
Statutory Address:: Meadow Drive, Horringer, Suffolk, IP29 5SJ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1298918
Date first listed:: 03-Sep-1987
Date of most recent amendment:: 07-Feb-2022
List Entry Name:: K6 Telephone Kiosk, Horringer
Statutory Address 1:: Meadow Drive, Horringer, Suffolk, IP29 5SJ

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Meadow Drive, Horringer, Suffolk, IP29 5SJ

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Suffolk
District:: West Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Horringer
National Grid Reference:: TL8254061725

Summary

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

Reasons for Designation

The K6 telephone kiosk at Meadow Drive, Horringer, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural interest:

* as an iconic example of industrial design, showing Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's adaptation of neoclassical forms for a modern technological function.

Historic interest:

* the K6 telephone kiosk was designed to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935 by the eminent architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, further developing his successful K2 telephone kiosk design of 1924. Group value:

* for its strong visual relationship with the Grade II listed Ashdown Cottage (NHLE 1298911).

History

The K6 telephone kiosk is a milestone of C20 industrial design. It was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 for the General Post Office, on the occasion of King George V's Silver Jubilee and was a development from his earlier highly successful K2 telephone kiosk design of 1924, of neoclassical inspiration. The K6 was more streamlined aesthetically, more compact and more cost-effective to mass produce.

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960) was one of the most important modern British architects; his many celebrated commissions include the Anglican Cathedral of Liverpool (Grade I, NHLE 1361681) and Battersea Power Station (Grade II*, NHLE 1357620). The K2 and K6 telephone kiosks can be said to represent a very thoughtful adaptation of architectural tradition to contemporary technological requirements. Well over 70,000 K6s were eventually produced. In the 1960s many were replaced with a new kiosk type. Many still remain, however, and continue to be an iconic feature on Britain's streets.

Though it is not clear when the telephone call box in Horringer was first installed, it was originally located adjacent to King William Cottage, a Grade II listed building that had been the village post office since at least the 1880s (NHLE 1298945). Its proximity to the building rather than to the street reduced its visibility. Following the removal of the telephone equipment in the early C21 and the closure of the Post Office, the kiosk became vulnerable to neglect and vandalism. Under the new ownership of the Parish Council the kiosk was conserved in 2016 and moved to a safer position on Meadow Drive in 2019.

Details

The K6 is a standardised design made of cast-iron, painted red overall with long horizontal glazing in the door and sides and with the crowns situated on the top panels being applied not perforated. There are rectangular white display signs, blank, beneath the shallow-curved roof. The kiosk has been relocated, prior to which the telephone equipment had already been removed and has been replaced with shelves.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 363198
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.