Monday 27 April 2015

Red Phone Box

School Lane

During my short tenure on the Parish Council, I remember there being some informal discussion about the phone box located on School Lane, wondering how and when the conventional red box had been replaced with its more modern version.

The designer of the red phone box was:
  • Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960) designed the GPO's K2 and K6 - the most famous models of phone box
  • The design was classical, and the domed roof is thought to have been influenced by the tomb of Sir John Soane in St Pancras Old Church, near Kings Cross in London
  • Born to an architectural dynasty (his grandfather designed the Albert Memorial; his father masterminded Dulwich College), Gilbert Scott was also responsible for buildings such as Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Battersea power station and Bankside power station - now the Tate Modern
  • Gilbert Scott's prototype design for the phone box can be found under the left arch at the entrance to the Royal Academy in London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Gilbert_Scott

All Saints Church & Nocton School

Given that Nocton has a strong connection with the Scott Family - Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's grandfather was the architect who designed Nocton School and also our local All Saints Church - it would be nice if an old red box could somehow replace the more modern version, as an item more in keeping with Nocton's history.

The yard for red phone boxes that ring no more

'The red telephone box is a much-cherished symbol of Britishness.'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32315904

List of works by Sir George Gilbert Scott, R.A.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/gilbertscott/discuss/72157602742273165/

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