K6 Telephone Kiosk Adjoining Number 49, Main Street is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1989. Telephone kiosk.

K6 Telephone Kiosk Adjoining Number 49, Main Street

WRENN ID
dim-chimney-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hinckley and Bosworth
Constituency
Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 March 1989
Type
Telephone kiosk
OS grid reference
SK 444 037
Coordinates
52.62927, -1.34402
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K6 telephone kiosk, located next to number 49 on Main Street, is a Grade II listed structure. This telephone kiosk was designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and is made of cast iron. It features a square shape with a domed roof, unperforated crowns on the top panels, and margin glazing on the windows and door.

Local climate

K6 Telephone Kiosk Adjoining Number 49, Main Street 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 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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