Building record 15573 - Hatton Arms K6 Telephone Kiosk

<1> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England, 1393569 (Web Site). SCH6528.

K6 telephone kiosk, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, cast-iron and glass, painted red, square plan. Three glazed sides (including door to right side), solid rear side against front wall of Hatton Arms public house. Horizontal and vertical glazing bars divide glazed sides into eight horizontal strips with flanking narrow margin lights. Roof with Soane-inspired dome, arched heads to each side. All four sides incorporate relief crown above glazed panels inscribed 'TELEPHONE'. Modernised equipment to interior.

The K6 telephone kiosk ('Jubilee' kiosk) was introduced in 1935 to celebrate the silver Jubilee of King George V. It was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (architect of Battersea Power Station and Liverpool Anglican Cathedral) and was a smaller version of his earlier K2 (1924) and K3 (c.1930) kiosks. The design of the K6 telephone kiosk represents the careful adaptation of neoclassical design, influenced by the work of the Regency architect Sir john Soane, to a mass-produced object with a modern technological function. Approximately 11,000 K6 kiosks were constructed in total.