K6 telephone kiosk, Malham

K6 Telephone Kiosk, Cove Road, Malham, North Yorkshire

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

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1474619
Date first listed:: 20-Apr-2021
List Entry Name:: K6 telephone kiosk, Malham
Statutory Address:: K6 Telephone Kiosk, Cove Road, Malham, North Yorkshire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1474619
Date first listed:: 20-Apr-2021
List Entry Name:: K6 telephone kiosk, Malham
Statutory Address 1:: K6 Telephone Kiosk, Cove Road, Malham, North Yorkshire

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, Cove Road, Malham, North Yorkshire

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

District:: North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Malham
National Park:: YORKSHIRE DALES
National Grid Reference:: SD9007762867

Summary

K6 telephone kiosk, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.

Reasons for Designation

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

Architectural interest: * as an iconic example of industrial design, showing Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's adaption of neoclassical forms for a modern technological function.

Historic interest: * the K6 telephone kiosk was designed to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935 by the eminent architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, further developing his successful K2 telephone kiosk design of 1924.

Group value: * for its contribution to the streetscape and its strong visual relationship with the three Grade II-listed houses forming The Row and having a particular contextual relationship with the Old Post House and with the listed former village Post Office.

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 neoclassical 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 remaining examples of the K6 continue to be an iconic feature on Britain's streetscapes.

Details

K6 telephone kiosk, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.

The K6 is a standardised design made of cast-iron, painted red overall with long horizontal glazing in the doors and sides and with the crowns situated on the top panels being applied not perforated. There are rectangular white display signs, reading TELEPHONE beneath the shallow curved roof. It has modernised internal equipment.

This example is situated on the eastern side of Cove Road, at the centre of the village of Malham. It stands in front of The Row, a listed terrace of five former cottages, now three houses (List entry 1132362), approximately 16m to the west, one of which was the original village Post Office and is still known as the Old Post House. The telephone kiosk has a strong visual relationship with these three listed buildings collectively and it has a contextual relationship with the former post office. Additionally, it has a contextual relationship with a later former Post Office (List entry 1301366), approximately 28m to the south.

Sources

Websites
Kiosk No 6 -The Phone Box, accessed 11 February 2021 from http://www.the-telephone-box.co.uk/kiosks/k6/

Legal

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