K6 Telephone Kiosk, Main Street is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1988. Telephone kiosk.

K6 Telephone Kiosk, Main Street

WRENN ID
narrow-nave-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North West Leicestershire
Constituency
Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1988
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk, Main Street, Snarestone
OS grid reference
SK 345 093
Coordinates
52.68073, -1.49029
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K6 telephone kiosk on Main Street is a Grade II listed structure. This kiosk, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, 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, Main Street receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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