Listing Text: NEWNHAM 1446/0/10013 THE STREET 08-JUL-09 (South side) K6 Telephone Kiosk II 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 on the south side of the main road through the village, outside St Paul's Church (listed Grade II*) and to the east of Parsonage Farm (listed Grade II). There is a strong visual relationship with these two buildings, and the setting of the kiosk is further enhanced by the immediate back-drop of the flint boundary wall of the church. HISTORY: 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 10,000 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 in Newnham is designated at Grade II for the following principal reason: * The kiosk has a strong visual relationship with the Grade II* listed parish church and its boundary wall, and with the Grade II listed Parsonage Farm