K2 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE CARFAX TOWER

K2 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE CARFAX TOWER, QUEEN STREET

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K2 kiosk, c1927, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1393364
Date first listed:: 03-Jul-2009
List Entry Name:: K2 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE CARFAX TOWER
Statutory Address:: K2 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE CARFAX TOWER, QUEEN STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1393364
Date first listed:: 03-Jul-2009
List Entry Name:: K2 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE CARFAX TOWER
Statutory Address 1:: K2 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE CARFAX TOWER, QUEEN STREET

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:: K2 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE CARFAX TOWER, QUEEN STREET

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

County:: Oxfordshire
District:: Oxford (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SP 51310 06182

Reasons for Designation

The K2 telephone box outside Carfax Tower is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Giles Gilbert Scott's design has special interest for its artistry and functionality as well as its iconic status as a milestone of C20 industrial design; * There was originally a kiosk in this location and the K2 has group value with the C12 tower of the former church of St Martin, Carfax.

Details

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612/0/10196 QUEEN STREET 03-JUL-09 K2 Telephone Kiosk outside Carfax Tower

GV II K2 kiosk, c1927, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott.

Cast iron and painted red, the kiosk is neo-classical in inspiration with Soanian segmental vaulted roofs and multi-pane glazing reminiscent of a Georgian sash window, the latter with reeded strip surrounds and classical paterae. It has a perforated crown, the symbol of the GPO, set within the upper faces of the canopy and placed above a glazed panel bearing the word 'TELEPHONE'.

The K2 kiosk is located outside a C12 tower (qv), the only surviving part of the Church of St Martin, Carfax, which was demolished in 1896 for the purposes of road widening. The K2 kiosk, along with a red pillar box, is located where the church's nave once stood. The spot is labelled 'T.C.B.' (telephone call box) on the Ordnance Survey map of 1939, suggesting there was originally a kiosk here, but the current K2 is one of four placed in the locations around the city in 1994 following a bequest from Nicholas Medley.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The K2 telephone kiosk is listed for the following principal reasons: * Giles Gilbert Scott's design has special interest for its artistry and functionality as well its iconic status as a milestone of C20 industrial design; * There was originally a kiosk in this location and the K2 has group value with the C12 tower of the former church of St Martin, Carfax.

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Legacy System number:: 506439
Legacy System:: LBS

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