Listed Building record TR 34 SW 925 - K6 KIOSK

Summary

K6 telephone kiosk.

Location

Grid reference TR 32387 41627 (point)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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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.


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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

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Record last edited

Sep 22 2010 11:10AM