K6 Telephone Kiosk
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1421434
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-2014
- List Entry Name:
- K6 Telephone Kiosk
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1421434
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-2014
- List Entry Name:
- K6 Telephone Kiosk
- Location Description:
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, adjacent to 1-3 New Bond Street, City of Westminster.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- City of Westminster (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ2907180610
Summary
K6 telephone kiosk, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935.
Reasons for Designation
The K6 telephone kiosk at Old Bond Street, City of Westminster is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Design interest: it is an iconic C20 industrial design by Giles Gilbert Scott;
* Group value: it has a strong visual relationship with several listed buildings and is located in the Mayfair Conservation Area, to which it contributes positively.
History
The K6 telephone kiosk is a milestone of C20 industrial design. First commissioned in 1935 to mark the occasion of King George V’s silver jubilee, it was an adaptation by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott of his highly successful K2 kiosk of 1924, a neoclassical design inspired in turn by the work of Sir John Soane in the early 1800s. The K6 was visually more streamlined, more compact and more cost-effective to mass produce. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960) was one of the most important British architects of the first half of the C20; his many celebrated commissions include the Anglican cathedral of Liverpool and Battersea power station. The K2 and K6 telephone kiosks represent a thoughtful adaptation of architectural tradition to contemporary technological requirements. The K6 remained in production until the 1960s, by which time well over 70,000 had been produced. In the later C20 many were replaced with new kiosk types but large numbers still survive as iconic features of Britain's streetscapes.
Details
The K6 telephone kiosk is a standardised design, comprising a rectangular cast-iron box, c.2.4m (eight ft) in height and square on plan, with a shallow domed roof. The glazed door and side panels are divided by glazing bars into eight horizontal glazed panels with vertical marginal glazing bars. The back panel also has this moulding but is unglazed. The upper section has white illuminated signage panels on all four sides, inscribed ‘TELEPHONE’. Above each of these is a Tudor crown emblem, in use on K6 kiosks until c.1953. The telephone equipment inside is modern.
This K6 kiosk was probably installed in its present location in the 1990s. It stands at the south end of Old Bond Street near the junction with Burlington Gardens and has a strong visual relationship with several listed buildings.
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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