K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1989. Telephone kiosk.

K6 Telephone Kiosk

WRENN ID
muffled-screen-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rutland
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 October 1989
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk, Cottesmore Road, Ashwell
OS grid reference
SK 866 137
Coordinates
52.71429, -0.71869
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K6 telephone kiosk, located on the south side of Cottesmore Road in Ashwell, is a Grade II listed structure. Designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, this kiosk is made of cast iron and features a square shape with a domed roof. It has unperforated crowns on the top panels and margin glazing on the windows and door. The kiosk was produced by various contractors.

Local climate

K6 Telephone Kiosk sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% 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 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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