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K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Duke of York's Royal Military School

A Grade II Listed Building in Guston, Kent

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Latitude: 51.1447 / 51°8'41"N

Longitude: 1.3261 / 1°19'33"E

OS Eastings: 632736

OS Northings: 143646

OS Grid: TR327436

Mapcode National: GBR X2T.033

Mapcode Global: VHLHB.XHW9

Plus Code: 9F3348VG+VC

Entry Name: K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Duke of York's Royal Military School

Listing Date: 6 April 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1393743

English Heritage Legacy ID: 507701

ID on this website: 101393743

Location: Dover, Kent, CT15

County: Kent

District: Dover

Civil Parish: Guston

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Description


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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. It has modernised internal equipment.

The kiosk stands outside the gymnasium and swimming pool of the Duke of York's Royal Military School. The principal school buildings line the road through the site and the majority, including the gymnasium and swimming pool, are listed.

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 K6 telephone kiosk at the Duke of York's Royal Military School is designated at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* Group value: this telephone kiosk has a strong visual relationship with the Grade II listed gymnasium and swimming pool, and occupies an important position in a planned complex of buildings, the majority of which are listed

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