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K6 telephone kiosk

A Grade II Listed Building in Great Timble, North Yorkshire

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Latitude: 53.9723 / 53°58'20"N

Longitude: -1.7268 / 1°43'36"W

OS Eastings: 418014

OS Northings: 452949

OS Grid: SE180529

Mapcode National: GBR JQCH.YS

Mapcode Global: WHC8J.FFX3

Plus Code: 9C5WX7CF+W7

Entry Name: K6 telephone kiosk

Listing Date: 1 June 2009

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1393575

English Heritage Legacy ID: 506606

ID on this website: 101393575

Location: Timble, North Yorkshire, LS21

County: North Yorkshire

District: Harrogate

Civil Parish: Great Timble

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Fewston St Michael and St Lawrence

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


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1447/0/10012

GREAT TIMBLE
NORTH LANE
K6 telephone kiosk

01-JUN-09

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. It is in very good condition (2009) and retains all glass windows.

The telephone kiosk stands at the side of the northern road through this small village. It is located on a small green within an arc of three listed buildings which surround it to the north and west, each approximately 20m away from the kiosk: Plumtree Farmhouse (Grade II), Well Cover approximately 20m west of Plumtree Farmhouse (Grade II) and Timble Inn (Grade II). The telephone kiosk has a strong visual relationship with these three listed buildings as a collective group.

HISTORY: the K6 telephone kiosk is a milestone of C20 industrial design. 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. 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. 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 Listing


The K6 telephone kiosk in Timble, North Yorkshire, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It has a strong visual relationship with three listed buildings
* It is a representative example within a village setting of this important C20 industrial design

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