Group of Eight K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Head Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Blackpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Telephone kiosk. 1 related planning application.
Group of Eight K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Head Post Office
- WRENN ID
- hidden-mullion-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blackpool
- Constituency
- Blackpool South MP: Chris Webb (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- Group of Eight K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Head Post Office, Abingdon Street, FY1 1AA
- OS grid reference
- SD 308 363
- Coordinates
- 53.81881, -3.052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of eight K6 telephone kiosks is located outside the Head Post Office on Abingdon Street in Blackpool. These kiosks were designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and were produced by various contractors. They are made of cast iron and feature a square shape with domed roofs. The top panels have unperforated crowns, and the windows and doors are fitted with margin glazing.
Local climate
Group of Eight K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Head Post Office sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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