Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Telephone Kiosk,
Carnlough South, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Date of listing
- 17 May 1990
- Date of construction
- 1940 - 1959
- Address
- Telephone Kiosk,, Harbour Road,, Carnlough,, Ballymena, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Carnlough South
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.99282, -5.98989
- Date of survey
- 19 December 2000
- HB reference
- HB06/01/035
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
National Library of ScotlandDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1922 "Scotland - southern section." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A telephone kiosk of K6 type, manufactured in cast-iron, with small-paned sides and door, glazed with perspex and a shallow domed roof. It stands in front of a former railway arch on the main street of the village.
Historical information
An example of the K6 or 'Jubilee' telephone kiosk, originally designed in 1935 by the English architect Giles Gilbert Scott, which came into production in 1936 when the type was first introduced across the United Kingdom. Precise date of installation in Carnlough not known. The roof design is based on Sir John Soane's mausoleum.
This particular kiosk can be dated to sometime before 1953, as the 'Tudor' crown motif it possesses was dropped in favour of St. Edward's crown following the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
References – Secondary Sources
1. P. White, 'Telephone Kiosks', English Heritage Conservation Bulletin, issue 2 (London, June 1987), p 12.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Z. Rarity
V. Authorship
X. Local Interest
Evaluation
An example of a pre-war model of telephone kiosk which has been generally superseded by a modern type but which has been retained for some particularly sensitive or historic settings.
Nearby in the register
- Bridge and stepsBridgeunder 1 mi
- 30/32 Harbour Road,House - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 26-28 Harbour Road,Public House - Terraceunder 1 mi
- Former Town Hall and clock tower,Libraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.