A row of five red telephone boxes in a row in Covent Garden in the West End of central London, England.
These are examples of Kiosk No. 2 or K2, the second iteration of public phone boxes. They were designed by the architect Giles Gilbert Scott – grandson of Sir (George) Gilbert Scott, architect of the main Glasgow University building, inter alia – and began appearing in and around London from 1926. Over the next nine years, 1700 K2 telephone boxes were erected. Only 208 of these remain, all with Grade Two listings by English Heritage.
The K2s were made from Cast Iron and maufactured either by Lion Foundry in Kirkintilloch, MacFarlane (Saracen Foundry), and Carron Ironworks near Falkirk, both in Scotland. The door is formed from teak, with a metal handle.
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