K6 telephone kiosk at High Street, Rayleigh (EHER 80082)

A K6 telephone kiosk now in use as a local council information point and no longer containing a telephone. Some of the original glass panels have been replaced with Perspex and the paintwork is faded. It has a strong geographic and visual relationship with listed buildings and listed street furniture close by, and is adjacent to a post box.

January 2018. Grade II listed. The K6 is a standardised design by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, designed in 1935. This example is made of cast-iron, painted red overall with long horizontal glazing in the door and sides; some panels have been replaced with perspex and the paintwork is faded. There are rectangular white display signs, reading TELEPHONE beneath the shallow-curved roof. It is now in use as a local council information point and no longer contains a telephone. This kiosk enjoys a prominent location within the historic centre of Rayleigh and is adjacent to a post-box set in a freestanding brick pillar (unlisted). It also forms part of a strong visual grouping with the Lloyds Bank and The Crown Public House (both listed at Grade II). Along with other historic listed structures in the near vicinity such as the Horse Trough and Drinking Fountain, Martyrs Memorial Obelisk and Town Pump (all three also listed at Grade II) the kiosk therefore forms an important feature of the streetscape.