Telephone Box
TELEPHONE BOX, LONGFORD ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1392411
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-2008
- Statutory Address:
- TELEPHONE BOX, LONGFORD ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1392411
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-2008
- Statutory Address 1:
- TELEPHONE BOX, LONGFORD ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- TELEPHONE BOX, LONGFORD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Thornford
- National Grid Reference:
- ST6035613066
Reasons for Designation
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION The K6 telephone kiosk in Thornton is being listed for the following principal reasons: * An iconic example of industrial design, showing Giles Gilbert Scott's adaptation of Neoclassical forms for a modern technological function. * A good example of the type, having proximity and a good visual relationship with several Grade II listed buildings.
Details
1611/0/10012
THORNFORD
LONGFORD ROAD
Telephone Box
20-FEB-08
GV
II
MATERIALS: Cast iron and glass.
DESCRIPTION: It is constructed in cast iron, with three glazed sides in eight registers with margin lights, and a solid rear side with reeded decoration. The Soane-inspired canopy dome is placed above the four arched sides, each with a crown in relief above a glazed panel inscribed 'TELEPHONE'.
HISTORY: The K6 or 'Jubilee' telephone kiosk was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V, and was a development on Scott's K2 box. The design has become iconic and some 11,000 boxes to this design were ultimately produced.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: The K6 telephone kiosk in Thornford is designated for the following principal reasons:
* An iconic example of industrial design, showing Giles Gilbert Scott's adaptation of Neoclassical forms for a modern technological function.
* A good example of the type, having proximity and a good visual relationship with other Grade II listed buildings, in a central position in the village.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 502220
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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