A K1 telephone box which sits in a rural site near Keighley, is among a number of structures and buildings which have been listed by Historic England this year.

The structure is located adjacent to a weir on the north side of Dean Beck, in Newsholme Dean, and as a rare survivor of its type, has been added to the listed list for its architectural interest.

The kiosk itself is a pre-cast concrete design and was regarded as an advancement on earlier timber sentry-style kiosks of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Historic England said its universal design brought uniformity and a strong sense of identity to a newly consolidated telephone network in the 1920s.

Despite later conversion for use in the water industry and subsequent disuse it survives well overall and its original function remains clearly readable in the physical fabric.

The structure is believed to have been installed in around the 1960s/1970s when it was mooted that a reservoir might be constructed in the valley. It had been suggested that the structure was purpose-built in the middle of last century as a housing for water-flow measuring equipment associated with the reservoir proposals. However, following inspection, it is clear that this is not the case and the structure is a K1 telephone box (most probably a Mk 235 model) that has been moved from its original location and re-purposed for use.

This was a relatively common occurrence when older telephone boxes became redundant and then were re-purposed for other uses by other utility industries; in this instance, the water industry.

The kiosk at Newsholme Dean no longer contains any equipment and is disused.

The K1 Mk 234 telephone kiosk was the first national kiosk to be designed following the unification of private public telephone companies under the control of the General Post Office in 1912.

The GPO sought to standardise the combined telephone networks that it had absorbed and introduce a kiosk design that would be installed around the country. The K1 Mk 234 was designed in 1921 by the Office of Engineer in Chief GPO and introduced in the same year.

Other much loved, historic structures and buildings around the district which have been elevated to listed status include Bingley Station, including the south-west platform walkway and Park Road entrance.

Another monument to be listed is the Bradford Fire Service memorial at Oakroyd Hall, HQ of the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.

It commemorates the six firemen killed by the Low Moor Chemical Works explosion on August 21, 1916. A fire began in an uncovered drum of picric acid, which quickly spread through the factory buildings, and after about 10 minutes 21,000 pounds of picric acid blew up in a series of explosions killing 40 people and seriously injuring 60 others. The whole site was destroyed and fire damage spread to adjoining properties, a dye works, an iron works, the North Bierley gas works, and to nearby railway sidings.

Also listed is Shipley War Memorial, in Crowgill Park.

It was built in 1921.

Haworth War Memorial, in Bridgehouse Lane, also makes it to listed status for its historical interest as does Oakenshaw War Memorial, in Victoria Park, Oakenshaw.