K6 Telephone Kiosk in Front of Chare Top Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1986. Telephone kiosk.

K6 Telephone Kiosk in Front of Chare Top Cottage

WRENN ID
scattered-courtyard-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 August 1986
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk in Front of Chare Top Cottage, Front Street
OS grid reference
NZ 102 554
Coordinates
54.89334, -1.84169
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K6 telephone kiosk, located in front of Chare Top Cottage in Ebchester, dates from around 1935. This kiosk is made of cast iron and glass and was produced by Carron Iron Foundry. It is painted red.

Local climate

K6 Telephone Kiosk in Front of Chare Top Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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