K6 Telephone Kiosk adjacent to Binkwell Cottages

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A K6 telephone kiosk. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442986
Date first listed:: 16-Jan-2017
List Entry Name:: K6 Telephone Kiosk adjacent to Binkwell Cottages

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442986
Date first listed:: 16-Jan-2017
List Entry Name:: K6 Telephone Kiosk adjacent to Binkwell Cottages
Location Description:: Adjacent to Binkwell Cottages, Torbryan, Devon, TQ12 5UR

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

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County:: Devon
District:: Teignbridge (District Authority)
Parish:: Denbury and Torbryan
National Grid Reference:: SX8201266780

Summary

A K6 telephone kiosk.

Reasons for Designation

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION The K6 telephone kiosk adjacent to Binkwell Cottages in Torbryan, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Design interest: the K6 kiosk is recognised as an iconic design which is of intrinsic interest; * Intactness: it appears to survive well; * Relationship with listed buildings: it has a good visual relationship with a number of listed buildings, including Binkwell Cottages, the Church House Inn and Holy Trinity Church.

History

The K6 telephone kiosk was designed in 1935 for the General Post Office by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of King George V. It was a development from Scott's earlier, highly successful K2 design, 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 thoughtful adaptation of architectural tradition to contemporary technological requirements. Well over 70,000 K6s were eventually produced. Many were replaced in the 1960s with plainer kiosk types, but many remain, and continue to be an iconic feature on Britain's streetscapes.

Details

A K6 telephone kiosk.

MATERIALS AND PLAN The K6 is constructed mainly of cast iron and glass, and is square on plan.

DESCRIPTION The K6 is a standardised design, painted red overall with long horizontal glazing in the door and sides, and with the crowns in the top panels being applied not perforated. There are rectangular white display signs which read TELEPHONE beneath the shallow domed roof.

This K6 adjacent to Binkwell Cottages appears to be in good condition. Its glazing and display signs are intact. It stands close to Binkwell Cottages (Grade II) and the Church House Inn (Grade II*). It is also near to the Church of the Holy Trinity (Grade I). It has a good visual relationship with these listed buildings.

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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.