Pair of Telephone Kiosks on Central Reservation is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1988. Telephone kiosk. 1 related planning application.
Pair of Telephone Kiosks on Central Reservation
- WRENN ID
- nether-latch-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1988
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- Pair of Telephone Kiosks on Central Reservation, Market Place, WF13 1DQ
- OS grid reference
- SE 246 217
- Coordinates
- 53.69183, -1.62846
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of telephone kiosks, located on the central reservation of Market Place, were designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and are classified as Type K6. They are constructed from cast iron and feature a square shape with a domed roof. The top panels have unperforated crowns; one displays the crown of George VI, while the other has a replacement crown of Elizabeth II. The kiosks also include margin glazing on the windows and door.
Local climate
Pair of Telephone Kiosks on Central Reservation receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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