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Latitude: 52.2195 / 52°13'10"N
Longitude: -1.2455 / 1°14'43"W
OS Eastings: 451638
OS Northings: 258190
OS Grid: SP516581
Mapcode National: GBR 8SB.XK1
Mapcode Global: VHCVJ.CGDW
Plus Code: 9C4W6Q93+RQ
Entry Name: K6 Telephone Kiosk, Hellidon
Listing Date: 16 November 2011
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1403379
ID on this website: 101403379
Location: Hellidon, West Northamptonshire, NN11
County: West Northamptonshire
Civil Parish: Hellidon
Traditional County: Northamptonshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northamptonshire
Church of England Parish: Hellidon St John Baptist
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. Seven of the glass panes have been replaced with polycarbonate but it is otherwise in good condition. It has a strong visual relationship with The Old Mill House and East View Cottage, both Grade II listed.
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. It 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 a close visual relationship with two Grade II listed buildings
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