K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 2010. Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- guardian-garret-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 2010
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Gonalston
- OS grid reference
- SK 679 474
- Coordinates
- 53.01984, -0.98821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk is a standardised design made of cast iron, painted red overall with long horizontal glazing in the door and sides. Applied crowns sit on the top panels, rather than being perforated. Rectangular white display signs read 'TELEPHONE' beneath the shallow-curved roof. The kiosk has modernised internal equipment. A door handle is missing, and two of the telephone signs are damaged, but all glass windows remain present. Located in the centre of the village, it is adjacent to the Grade II listed Smithy and a short distance south-east of the Grade II listed Manor Farm House. It contributes to the group value of these listed buildings, particularly due to its strong visual relationship with the Smithy.
Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee, the K6 telephone kiosk was developed from his earlier K2 design, which drew inspiration from Neo-classical architecture. The K6 was more streamlined, compact, and cost-effective for mass production. Over 70,000 were eventually produced, with many being replaced in the 1960s, though they remain an iconic feature of Britain's streetscapes.
The kiosk is designated at Grade II for its iconic 20th-century industrial design by Giles Gilbert Scott and for its group value with the nearby listed buildings.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% 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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