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Latitude: 52.3838 / 52°23'1"N
Longitude: -0.8825 / 0°52'57"W
OS Eastings: 476154
OS Northings: 276778
OS Grid: SP761767
Mapcode National: GBR BTJ.KPN
Mapcode Global: VHDRD.NB9Y
Plus Code: 9C4X94M8+FX
Entry Name: K6 Telephone Kiosk, Draughton
Listing Date: 16 November 2011
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1403375
ID on this website: 101403375
Location: Draughton, West Northamptonshire, NN6
County: West Northamptonshire
Civil Parish: Draughton
Traditional County: Northamptonshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northamptonshire
Church of England Parish: Draughton St Catherine
Church of England Diocese: Peterborough
Tagged with: K6 telephone box
K6 telephone kiosk designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935.
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. The kiosk has modernised internal equipment. The red paint is flaking in many places and twelve of its glass panes have been replaced with polycarbonate. It is located opposite the Grade II* listed Church of St Catherine and the Grade II listed Church Farmhouse, with which it has a strong visual relationship.
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 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 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.
* Design: it is an iconic C20 industrial design by Giles Gilbert Scott
* Group Value: it has group value with a Grade II listed building and a Grade II* listed church
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