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K6 Telephone Kiosk

A Grade II Listed Building in Eastry, Kent

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Latitude: 51.245 / 51°14'41"N

Longitude: 1.3078 / 1°18'28"E

OS Eastings: 630959

OS Northings: 154731

OS Grid: TR309547

Mapcode National: GBR X1F.TQJ

Mapcode Global: VHLGR.MY8Z

Plus Code: 9F3368V5+X4

Entry Name: K6 Telephone Kiosk

Listing Date: 1 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1393999

English Heritage Legacy ID: 507257

ID on this website: 101393999

Location: Eastry, Dover, Kent, CT13

County: Kent

District: Dover

Civil Parish: Eastry

Built-Up Area: Eastry

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Description


EASTRY

1891/0/10007 HIGH STREET
01-OCT-10 K6 telephone Kiosk

II

K6 telephone kiosk

DESCRIPTION: The K6 is a standardised design made of cast iron, painted red overall with long horizontal glazing in door 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.

HISTORY: The K6 telephone kiosk is a milestone of C20 industrial design. The K6 was designed by 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. 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 continue to be an iconic feature on Britain's streetscapes.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
* The kiosk has a strong visual relationship with three Grade II listed buildings on the High Street of the village of Eastry.

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Reasons for Listing


The K6 telephone kiosk on The High Street, Eastry is designated at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* The kiosk has a strong visual relationship with three Grade II listed buildings on the High Street of the village of Eastry.

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