K6 Telephone Kiosk
K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, MIDDLE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1392239
- Date first listed:
- 03-Sept-2007
- Statutory Address:
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, MIDDLE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1392239
- Date first listed:
- 03-Sept-2007
- Statutory Address 1:
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, MIDDLE STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, MIDDLE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- Huntingdonshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Gransden
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 27027 55751
Details
GREAT GRANSDEN
47/0/10002 MIDDLE STREET 03-SEP-07 K6 Telephone Kiosk
GV II K6 telephone kiosk. Designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Made by various contractors.
MATERIALS: Cast iron.
PLAN: Square in plan with domed roof.
EXTERIOR: To the segmental upper structure on each side is a crown, applied in relief, above a glazed panel bearing the word "TELEPHONE". Margin glazing bars to windows and door. The telephone kiosk is painted red.
HISTORY: The archetypal K6 was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: This K6 telephone kiosk is designated at Grade II, for the following reasons: * An iconic example of industrial design, showing Giles Gilbert Scott's adaptation of Neoclassical forms for a modern technological function * The kiosk possesses Group Value with No 3 Middle Street, Nos. 16 and 18 Middle Street, and Stone House, all of which are Grade II listed buildings.
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 494688
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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