Building record TR 16 NE 1435 - K6 Telephone Kiosk, Cavendish Road

The K6 was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 for the General Post Office, on the occasion of King George V's Silver Jubilee. Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960) was one of the most important of modern British architects. 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. Well over 10,000 K6s were eventually produced and many still remain, continuing to be an iconic feature on Britain's streetscapes.
The K6 is a standardised design made of cast iron, painted red overall with long horizontal glazing in the 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. Overall this telephone kiosk is in good condition, although a number of the glass panels are missing. It is situated outside the Telephone Exchange building on Cavendish Road. There are no listed buildings in the surrounding area.
Due to the large number of K6 telephone kiosks that have survived, selection is determined on the basis of their close association with other listed buildings. In particular, to meet the criteria for listing a telephone kiosk should have a strong visual relationship with more than one listed building, or must be in the immediate vicinity of one or more listed buildings with which it has a contextual relationship, or must otherwise satisfy strong claims to being a setting of exceptional special interest.
As this telephone kiosk does not have a visual relationship with any listed buildings it does not meet the criteria for listing. (1)

<1> English Heritage, undated, English Heritage Listing File (Miscellaneous Material). SKE55914.