Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside London Road Station is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1987. Telephone kiosk. 2 related planning applications.

Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside London Road Station

WRENN ID
waning-tracery-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1987
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside London Road Station, City of Leicester, LE2 0QB
OS grid reference
SK 592 040
Coordinates
52.63126, -1.12543
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are two K6 telephone kiosks located outside London Road Station. These kiosks were designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and were made by various contractors. They are constructed from cast iron and feature a square shape with a domed roof. The top panels have unperforated crowns, and the windows and door have margin glazing.

Local climate

Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside London Road Station receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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