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Telephone Call Box, Main Street, Temple

A Category B Listed Building in Temple, Midlothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8155 / 55°48'55"N

Longitude: -3.0916 / 3°5'29"W

OS Eastings: 331690

OS Northings: 658564

OS Grid: NT316585

Mapcode National: GBR 61V6.G4

Mapcode Global: WH6TF.H303

Plus Code: 9C7RRW85+58

Entry Name: Telephone Call Box, Main Street, Temple

Listing Name: Temple Village, Main Street, K6 Telephone Kiosk

Listing Date: 23 February 1990

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 348045

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14632

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Temple, Main Street, Telephone Call Box

ID on this website: 200348045

Location: Temple

County: Midlothian

Electoral Ward: Midlothian South

Parish: Temple

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Telephone booth

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Description

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, 1935. Standard K6 telephone kiosk.

Statement of Interest

The K6 design is also known as the Jubilee Kiosk, commemorating the Silver Jubilee year of George V, during which the GPO set up a committee to re design the telephone kiosk for mass production, with the Jubilee Concession Scheme providing one kiosk for each village with a Post Office. Scott was asked to design the new kiosk in March 1935, and after approval by the Royal Fine Art Commission, the K6 went into production in 1936. The same commission had, in 1924, decided on the colour red for the kiosk, being "easy to spot and giving authoritative and official character" (Stamp, p 15-16).

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