K4 Telephone Kiosk, Amberley Museum
A rare 1930s K4 telephone kiosk, with built in mini Post Office - a posting box and stamp machines, complete with a King George V cypher at Amberley Museum.
The K4 kiosk was designed by the Engineering Department of the General Post Office. It used the successful design of the K2 kiosk, by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, expanded to include a post box and stamp machine; it was an automated mini-Post Office. The K4 kiosk was enormous and was half as big again as the K2 kiosk. In 1930 the K4 was introduced in limited numbers and production ceased within five years. Only 5 examples remain and are given Grade II listing status by English Heritage.
K4 Telephone Kiosk, Amberley Museum
A rare 1930s K4 telephone kiosk, with built in mini Post Office - a posting box and stamp machines, complete with a King George V cypher at Amberley Museum.
The K4 kiosk was designed by the Engineering Department of the General Post Office. It used the successful design of the K2 kiosk, by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, expanded to include a post box and stamp machine; it was an automated mini-Post Office. The K4 kiosk was enormous and was half as big again as the K2 kiosk. In 1930 the K4 was introduced in limited numbers and production ceased within five years. Only 5 examples remain and are given Grade II listing status by English Heritage.