The K6 – restoring a true British icon at the Building Centre until July 31 2023

• I WANTED to write in reference to the May 26 letter (The state of this phone box shows that action is needed, May 26) from Trevor Ellis.

I am delighted to share that we (the Built Environment Trust) have adopted and refurbished this phone box.

The rescue and renovation of this K6 phone box was undertaken with the intention of returning
the telephone box to the way it would have been when it was designed for King George V’s Silver Jubilee in 1935, going into production in 1936.

As well as being completely refurbished externally, our first installation in our K6 is a complete replica interior, allowing passers-by to see what it would have looked like in its heyday.

Fittingly the creator of the K6, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was very involved with the Building Centre, being our first president from 1940 until his death in 1960.

Full details and photos can be found at www.buildingcentre.co.uk/whats_on/exhibitions/the-k6

MICHAEL JAMES
IT & Digital
Development Manager
Building Centre
26 Store Street
WC1E 7BT
Centre for the Built
Environment since 1931
buildingcentre.co.uk