K6 Telephone Kiosk at Staff Entrance to Head Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1994. Telephone kiosk. 7 related planning applications.

K6 Telephone Kiosk at Staff Entrance to Head Post Office

WRENN ID
tenth-parapet-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Constituency
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice MP: Emma Hardy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1994
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk at Staff Entrance to Head Post Office, Alfred Gelder Street, HU1 1AA
OS grid reference
TA 100 288
Coordinates
53.74414, -0.33318
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K6 telephone kiosk, located at the staff entrance to the Head Post Office on Alfred Gelder Street in Kingston upon Hull, dates from around 1930. This cast-iron structure was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and produced by various contractors. It features a square shape with a shallow domed roof and illuminated panels on each side, along with margin glazing on the windows and door.

Local climate

K6 Telephone Kiosk at Staff Entrance to Head Post Office receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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