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Telephone Call Box, Main Street, Swinton

A Category B Listed Building in Swinton, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.72 / 55°43'11"N

Longitude: -2.2653 / 2°15'55"W

OS Eastings: 383432

OS Northings: 647427

OS Grid: NT834474

Mapcode National: GBR D2M9.CC

Mapcode Global: WH9YM.5HKB

Plus Code: 9C7VPP9M+XV

Entry Name: Telephone Call Box, Main Street, Swinton

Listing Name: Main Street, K6 Telephone Kiosk at Wheatsheaf Hotel Garage

Listing Date: 23 February 1993

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 348903

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB15341

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Swinton, Main Street, Telephone Call Box

ID on this website: 200348903

Location: Swinton

County: Scottish Borders

Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire

Parish: Swinton

Traditional County: Berwickshire

Tagged with: Telephone booth

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Description

Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, 1935. Standard K6 telephone kiosk.

Statement of Interest

The kiosk is prominently situated on Swinton?s Main Street, outside the Wheatsheaf Hotel. The K6 is a modified version of the K2 (also designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott) which was deemed too large, heavy and expensive for most sites. The most significant design change concerned the glazing. Instead of regular-sized panes of glass of Georgian proportions, the vertical glazing bars were moved sideways, to create a broad central light with narrow margins.

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