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Vintage red telephone box on the market for £5,000

Measuring just 3ft by 3ft, it has to be the smallest property for sale in Kent and comes with a guide price of £5,000.

But the 1950s red telephone kiosk in Canterbury carries a Grade II-listing and represents a slice of the city’s history.

A vintage red phone box in Longport, Canterbury, is being auctioned off
A vintage red phone box in Longport, Canterbury, is being auctioned off

Currently, it stands forlorn and unloved in the building site of the Longport car park, which is undergoing a major revamp.

The kiosk is a K6 serial, originally designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.

But the one for sale is a later version, bearing a coronation crown, marking the accession to the throne of Elizabeth II in 1952

It is now privately owned but failed to sell at auction recently, with a guide price of £5,000 to £15,000.

Property agents Auction House London is still offering the lot and say it has potential for a variety of uses, subject to obtaining relevant consents, but it cannot be removed.

A vintage red phone box in Longport, Canterbury, is being auctioned off
A vintage red phone box in Longport, Canterbury, is being auctioned off

BT held a mass sell-off of red phone boxes in 2021, offering them for alternative uses for as little as £1, under its Adopt a Kiosk scheme.

A similar kiosk near the Westgate Towers is used a coffee takeaway while others in villages have become mini libraries, for storing defibrillators and even a mini ice-cream parlour.

A phone box in Cranbrook, transformed into a community library was destroyed by an arsonist
A phone box in Cranbrook, transformed into a community library was destroyed by an arsonist

But some have suffered vandalism, including in April when one in Cranbrook, which was being used as a community library, was set alight.

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