K6 telephone kiosk

K6 telephone kiosk, The Stockwell (opposite the Church of St Mary), Wymeswold, Leicestershire

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

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1416982
Date first listed:: 12-Nov-2013
List Entry Name:: K6 telephone kiosk
Statutory Address:: K6 telephone kiosk, The Stockwell (opposite the Church of St Mary), Wymeswold, Leicestershire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1416982
Date first listed:: 12-Nov-2013
List Entry Name:: K6 telephone kiosk
Statutory Address 1:: K6 telephone kiosk, The Stockwell (opposite the Church of St Mary), Wymeswold, Leicestershire

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 Stockwell (opposite the Church of St Mary), Wymeswold, Leicestershire

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

County:: Leicestershire
District:: Charnwood (District Authority)
Parish:: Wymeswold
National Grid Reference:: SK6028023464

Summary

K6 telephone kiosk designed in 1935 by Giles Gilbert Scott.

Reasons for Designation

The K6 telephone kiosk in Wymeswold is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Design: it is an iconic C20 industrial design by Giles Gilbert Scott;

* Group Value: it has a strong visual relationship with three listed buildings, one of which is the Grade I listed medieval Church of St Mary.

History

The K6 telephone kiosk is a milestone of C20 industrial design. The K6 was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 for the General Post Office, on the occasion of King George V's Silver Jubilee. The K6 was a development from his earlier highly successful K2 telephone kiosk design of 1924, of Neo-classical 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 of modern British architects; his many celebrated commissions include the Anglican cathedral of Liverpool and Battersea Power Station. 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 far plainer kiosk types, but many still remain and they continue to be an iconic feature on Britain's streetscapes.

The K6 is Wymeswold was originally located in Church Street but was moved in 1994 to its current location on The Stockwell.

Details

MATERIALS: cast iron.

PLAN: square on plan.

EXTERIOR: the K6 is a standardised design, 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. It has rectangular white display signs, reading TELEPHONE beneath the shallow curved roof. All but three of the large panes of glass have been replaced with polycarbonate, and seventeen out of the forty-eight margin lights have been replaced.

The kiosk is located in the centre of the village in close proximity to three listed buildings: the Grade I listed medieval Church of St Mary which was restored by Pugin in the 1840s; the Grade II listed lychgate designed by Pugin; and the Grade II listed 52 Far Street, an C18 house.

INTERIOR: this has modernised internal equipment.

Sources

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Legal

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