2014

TQ5243 : Telephone Kiosk, Penshurst

taken 10 years ago, near to Penshurst, Kent, England

Telephone Kiosk, Penshurst
Telephone Kiosk, Penshurst
Penshurst

Penshurst is a village 4 miles west of Tonbridge. It is sited close to the confluence of the River Medway and River Eden. The village grew up around the Mediaeval house of Penshurst Place. The village has a number of services including a church, post office, pub, school, village hall and tearooms.
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K2 & K6 Telephone Boxes

The iconic red telephone kiosk was the result of a competition in 1924 to design a telephone box suitable for London Metropolitan Boroughs. A design by Giles Gilbert Scott, a British Architect, was chosen. The box, to be known as the K2 was deployed in London in 1926. The post office suggested it be painted red.

The K6 was introduced in 1935, designed to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V. It was a smaller version of the K2, and went on to be installed prolifically around the country. It is the most recognised and iconic telephone box, that many people around the world are familiar with. The first K6 is still to be found outside the Royal Academy of Art in London.

Other versions of the red telephone box were designed and implemented but none were ever to survive the popularity of the K6.

Over 240,000 red telephone boxes were built between the 1920s and 1980s.
BT had replaced many red telephone boxes during the 1980s and 90s with the aluminium KX100, leading to English Heritage to designate over 2000 as listed structures. Only 9400 K6's remain.

BT offered councils to 'adopt-a-kiosk' for £1 to keep local K6's in place. Many have found alternate uses as mini libraries/book exchanges & art galleries, and even for storage of heart defibrillators.


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TQ5243, 791 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 10 June, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 16 December, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 5256 4363 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:10.2940N 0:10.8532E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 5255 4364
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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