Listed Building: K6 KIOSK (1392468)

Grade II
Authority
Date assigned 10 March 2008
Date last amended

Description

Listing Text: DOVER 685/0/10023 VICTORIA PARK 10-MAR-08 K6 KIOSK GV II K6 telephone kiosk. Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935. Made to a standardised design of cast iron with glazed door and sides beneath a domical roof; there are narrow panes on either side of the horizontal glazing. In the segmental upper structure on each side is a relief crown, placed above a glazed panel bearing the word TELEPHONE. The kiosk is painted red. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: * An iconic example of industrial design, showing Giles Gilbert Scott's adaptation of Neoclassical forms for a modern technological function. * A particularly good example of the type possessing Group Value with the adjacent Gate House and No. 1-26 Victoria Park.

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Location

Grid reference TR 3238 4162 (point)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Record last edited

Sep 24 2010 11:42AM