Telephone Kiosk beside

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A red telephone kiosk, freestanding, rear outer edge of broad footwalk. Glazed 3 sides, with 24 panes in 2 sizes, constructed in metal with solid back, shallow domed top with horizontal illuminated sign on 4 sides with wood telephone. Above sign a crown in low relief. Door to side, opens outwards, closer with finger grip pull handle. Kiosk sits in black metal base.

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 1939 when the type was first introduced across the United Kingdom. Precise date of installation in Moneymore not known, but it is likely to have been between 1953 and 1955, as the current example has a St Edward’s crown motif which only came into effect after Queen Elizabeth ll's coronation in 1953, but which can be distinguished from those produced after 1955 due to the fact that the motif itself was contained within a panel slotted into the fascia after this date.

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
K. Group value

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest
Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance

Evaluation

One of the red telephone kiosks, now rapidly disappearing and is of the year of the last full year of George V’s reign (1910-36). It is most appropriate in the context of the Moneymore Conservation Area.