Group of four K6 Telephone kiosks in front of former Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1987. Telephone kiosk.

Group of four K6 Telephone kiosks in front of former Post Office

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1987
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
Group of four K6 Telephone kiosks in front of former Post Office, Deansgate
OS grid reference
SD 714 092
Coordinates
53.57917, -2.43282
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A group of four K6 telephone kiosks is located in front of the former Post Office on Deansgate in Bolton. 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 shallow domed roofs. The top panels have unperforated crowns, and the doors and windows are fitted with margin glazing.

Local climate

Group of four K6 Telephone kiosks in front of former Post Office sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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