Description

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

Statement of Interest

The siting of the K6 telephone kiosk in Queensferry is very appropriate: it is situated in the shadow of the Jubilee Clock, gifted to the town on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, and the K6 design commemorated the Silver Jubilee of George V. The GPO set up a committee to redesign the telephone kiosk for mass production with a 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 an authoritative and official character" (Stamp, pp.15-16).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17807315

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