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Home of the Red Telephone Box Unicorn Kiosks are the acknowledged experts when it comes to the restoration of red telephone boxes and cast iron street furniture. We have carried out restorations for British Telecom, The Corporation of London and English Heritage. We are the choice for BT Heritage, The National Postal Museum, The National Kiosk Collection and private collectors throughout the world. You can see our work on the new set of Design Classic stamps from the Royal Mail. |
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| Chairman's Choice | ||||
We were delighted to provide a fully restored kiosk for the retirement of BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland. The Jubilee kiosk was first installed in BT Headquarters in London. After unveiling we installed it in his garden. |
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| Olympic Ring | ||||
Unicorn have supplied a telephone kiosk to the last four Olympic and games and we sent a kiosk to the village in Beijing in China. There was plenty of good news to call home with a record medal haul. So we are delighted to have the games come to London in 2012. It has been proposed that kiosks are used at the Olympic venues because the K6 is recognizable to visitors from all over the world. |
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| Lord Mayor sees red! | ||||
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City of London Lord Mayor Michael Savory launched a campaign to keep red telephone boxes at historic sites including St. Paul's Cathedral and Fleet Street
Lord Mayor Savory said " Red telephone boxes are iconic landmarks on the streets of the City and need to be kept at historic sites". |
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| Magic Box | ||||
In the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix the Ministry of Magic is the most important institution for wizards in the country. It is located in the London underground. Entry is via a London telephone box. We worked with designers from Warner Brothers, to provide a K2 kiosk. |
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| Save our streets! | ||||
Writer Bill Bryson has lent his support to an English Heritage campaign to clear visual chaos from our streets and promote design classics. "Save our Streets" looks to rationalise the forest of signs, bins, posts, bollards and paving that blight Britain. " This is a country thoughtful enough to remind people to look left and right before stepping off the kerb, and stylish enough to produce iconic pieces of street furniture such as red telephone boxes and letter boxes. It is incumbent upon England to show world leadership in civilised streets." A kiosk featured on the cover to his best selling "Notes from a Small Island". |
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| Lightning in a box | ||||
Discovery channel's "The Big Experiment" took a group of ordinary kids and showed them some of rules of science by using dramatic methods. To demonstrate conductivity they blasted the kiosk with artificial lightning to show how safe it was. The kiosk acted as a Faraday cage to keep the kids safe inside. |
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| A kiosk and a half! | ||||
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You can see an unusual piece of our work at the Yoo development at the old Telephone Exchange building in Maida Vale. We welded two K6 boxes together to make a twelve foot giant telephone box. This striking landmark is dressed with an unique Jubilee interior fitted on Italian marble and purple velvet drapes! These unusual fittings reflect those inside the converted building created by top designer Philippe Starck. |
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| Kiosk corner | ||||
We have written a series of articles for the Telecommunications Heritage Journal. They advise on what factors to consider when buying and restoring your telephone kiosk. As ever, we are happy to advise for free and as a supplier to BT we have all the spares that you will need. |
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| Red and Green | ||||
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Most of our customers will place their telephone box in their garden. And good positioning goes a long way to showing your kiosk at its best. Slightly hidden so as to be a surprise to visitors and against a background of deep green foliage always works well. Our phone kiosks have been used at Hampton Court and Chelsea Flower Shows. We also provided the centre pieces for the British themed garden for the people of Lille. Fittingly it is titled the "Rain Garden". |
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| Buyers beware! | ||||
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Unicorn Kiosks seem to be the one to copy. Other sites have popped up offering kiosks that have plagiarised our own. Unfortunately they are pretty shabby versions. I take calls from many collectors who have been let down by these firms. My advice is to look out for "experts" where the only contact is a mobile phone, or sites that offer no examples, prices or previous work. We are always available for advice free of charge. Contact Tony Inglis 020 8651 2436 or e mail enquiries@unicornkiosks.com |
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| Back in Order | ||||
Unicorn restored the famous "Tumbling Telephones" sculpture in Kingston upon Thames. The sculpture is a line of twelve telephone kiosks leaning against one another. The sculpture by David Mach is properly called "Out of Order" and had suffered from vandalism. We stripped the paint back to the metal and welded the breaks. After painting we fitted new handles and telephone signs. The sculpture was officially re-opened by the Mayor of Kingston. |
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| A selection of satisfied customers | ||||
| BT Connected Earth Royal Mail Museum Avoncroft National Kiosk Collection The Museum of London The Bluebell Railway Auld Kirk Museum Bletchley Park Station X Milestones Museum Disneyland Paris Supplier to four Olympic Games |
Harrods Mini Nokia Chelsea Flower Show Hampton Court Flower Show Philippe Starke Yoo sculpture Maida Vale The Corporation of London "Out of Order" sculpture, Kingston upon Thames City of Westminster Camden (Hampstead Heath) Ministry of Defence |
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