K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 2010. A 20th century Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- third-ember-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 2010
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Period
- 20th century
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, High Street, Braunston-In-Rutland
- OS grid reference
- SK 832 067
- Coordinates
- 52.65213, -0.77069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk is a standardised design from 1935, made of cast iron and painted red. It features long horizontal glazing in the door and sides, with applied crowns on the top panels, rather than perforated ones. Rectangular white display signs read “TELEPHONE” beneath the shallow-curved roof. The interior contains modernised equipment and the kiosk is in good condition.
The kiosk stands on the village green, directly in front of the wall and gate piers at Quaintree Hall, a Grade II listed building. Quaintree Hall itself is also Grade II* listed and is located approximately 20 metres to the east, while 1 High Street, a Grade II listed building, is approximately 25 metres to the north east. There is a strong visual connection between the kiosk and these three listed buildings.
The K6 telephone kiosk represents a milestone in 20th-century industrial design, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V’s Silver Jubilee. It developed from his earlier K2 telephone kiosk design, being more streamlined, compact, and cost-effective to mass produce. Over 70,000 K6 kiosks were produced before many were replaced in the 1960s.
The kiosk is designated at Grade II for its strong visual relationship with three listed buildings, one of which is Grade II*, and because it is a representative example of this important 20th-century industrial design within a village setting.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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