Survey Data
Reg No
20851058
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Telephone box
In Use As
Telephone box
Date
1940 - 1960
Coordinates
163948, 50447
Date Recorded
04/03/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding steel framed telephone box, erected c.1950. Domed roof and with bakelite lettered panels. Glazed side panels with raised moulding to sides (north-west and south-east). Panelled to rear (south-west) elevation. Square-headed door opening, door now missing.
Appraisal
An increasingly rare example of a public phone box that was once common throughout the country. The design is the Kiosk 6, created by George Gilbert Scott, was in production from 1935 to 1960 and shows influences of the Art Deco period.