The K5 was an attempt to incorporate the Gilbert Scott design into a kiosk for countrywide temporary installation. Similar in style to the K3 but featuring even less in the way of architectural detailing, the design still maintained the domed roof of her predecessors.
The K5 Kiosk was intended to be used as a temporary kiosk at exhibitions and fairs and instead of the cast-iron of the K2 and K4 and the concrete of the K1 and K3, the kiosk was constructed of metal-faced plywood. This made it light to transport, cheap to produce and easy to erect. The design also made less use of glass than its predecessors to reduce weight, expense and potential damage during transportation and use.
Introduced in 1934, it would prove to be even more scarce than the K4. This is because it was produced in small numbers and as a temporary kiosk it was not meant to be a permanent kiosk, neither was it substantial or robust enough to survive to the present day. A modern mockup of a K5 kiosk was created especially for the National Telephone Kiosk Collection at the Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, based on period photographs and other evidence. As such the Avoncroft Musueum is the only place visitors will get to see all variants of the K-kiosks.
