2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Opposite Post Office, Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1987. Telephone kiosk.

2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Opposite Post Office, Market Place

WRENN ID
graven-chapel-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Lindsey
Constituency
Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 June 1987
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Opposite Post Office, Market Place, Horncastle
OS grid reference
TF 258 696
Coordinates
53.20886, -0.11636
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are two K6 telephone kiosks located opposite the Post Office in the Market Place of Horncastle. Designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, these kiosks are made of cast iron and feature a square shape with domed roofs. The top panels have unperforated crowns, and the windows and roofs include margin glazing.

Local climate

2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Opposite Post Office, Market Place sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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