K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 2010. A Modern Kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- errant-jade-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 2010
- Type
- Kiosk
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Church Walk, Upton, City of Peterborough
- OS grid reference
- TF 108 005
- Coordinates
- 52.5913, -0.36571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a K6 telephone kiosk, standardised in design and dating from the 20th century. It was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee, evolving from his earlier K2 design. This K6 is constructed of cast iron and is painted red overall, featuring long horizontal glazing in the door and sides. Applied crowns decorate the top panel, and rectangular white display signs read "TELEPHONE" beneath the shallow-curved roof. Modern internal telecommunications equipment has been installed. The kiosk is in good condition.
It is situated at the east end of the village and has a strong visual relationship with nearby listed buildings: Primrose Cottage on the opposite side of the street, Elizabethan Cottage approximately 25 metres to the north east, and Keepers Cottage approximately 30 metres to the south east.
The K6 represented a more streamlined, compact, and cost-effective design than its predecessor, and over 70,000 were produced before being largely replaced in the 1960s. It is considered a milestone of 20th-century industrial design and a thoughtful adaptation of architectural tradition to technological needs.
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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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