Summary
K6 telephone kiosk, erected to standardised designs by Giles Gilbert Scott of 1935.
Reasons for Designation
The K6 telephone kiosk on School Lane (around 20m to the east of the junction with the High Street) in Wargrave is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
History
The K6 telephone kiosk is a milestone of C20 industrial design. It 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. The K6 kiosk in Wargrave bears the King’s crown insignia, dating it to before 1952.
Details
The telephone kiosk on School Lane, adjacent to the junction with High Street in Wargrave, is a standardised K6 design. It is made of cast iron, painted red with horizontal bands for glazing in the door and sides. The crowns to the top panels are applied, not perforated. There are rectangular white ‘TELEPHONE’ display signs beneath the shallow-curved roof. The kiosk retains its door, signage and applied crowns, though much of the glazing to the north and south sides has been broken (at the time of assessment in 2022). The internal equipment has been modernised.
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