Description

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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Reasons for Listing

This K6 telephone kiosk has been recommended for designation at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* 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 Nos. 1-26 Victoria Park.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26671685

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)