K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK

K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, THE GREEN

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Overview

Telephone kiosk of K6 type, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and made by various contractors. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392598
Date first listed:: 01-May-2008
List Entry Name:: K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK
Statutory Address:: K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, THE GREEN

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392598
Date first listed:: 01-May-2008
List Entry Name:: K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK
Statutory Address 1:: K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, THE GREEN

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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Location

Statutory Address:: K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, THE GREEN

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

District:: North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Orlingbury
National Grid Reference:: SP8601872353

Reasons for Designation

* It is an iconic example of industrial design, showing Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's adaptation of Neoclassical forms for a modern technological function * It has Group Value with the Grade II* listed Church of St Mary, c1843 by R. C. Hussey, and the Grade II listed 10 The Green, a mid C19 school and house probably also by R. C. Hussey * The Kiosk is in good condition

Details

ORLINGBURY

654/0/10014 THE GREEN 01-MAY-08 K6 Telephone Kiosk

GV II Telephone kiosk of K6 type, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and made by various contractors.

MATERIALS: Cast iron.

PLAN: Square in plan with domical roof.

EXTERIOR: Painted red. There are relief crowns in the segmental upper sections on each side, above glazed panels bearing the word 'TELEPHONE'. The door and two sides are glazed, each having eight horizontal strips of glass with narrow margin lights.

HISTORY: The first standardised telephone kiosks, known as the K1, were designed in 1921. In 1924 the Postmaster General held a competition to find a better design. The product was the K2, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of Battersea Power Station and Liverpool Cathedral. His Neoclassical design, influenced by the work of the Regency architect Sir John Soane, consisted of a cast iron cubicle with a domical roof. A perforated crown (symbol of the General Post Office) was set within the upper panels on each side. Subsequent versions were variations on this theme. The most common survivor is the K6, designed by Scott in 1935 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. This version was smaller than the K2 and generally painted red, with the crowns applied in relief rather than perforated. It had eight strips of glass with narrow margin lights on each side, whereas the K2 had 6 x 3 panes on each side.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: The K6 telephone kiosk at The Green, Orlingbury is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * It is an iconic example of industrial design, showing Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's adaptation of Neoclassical forms for a modern technological function * It has Group Value with the Grade II* listed Church of St Mary, c1843 by R. C. Hussey, and the Grade II listed 10 The Green, a mid C19 school and house probably also by R. C. Hussey SP8601872354

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:: 502612
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.