K6 Telephone kiosk on the Quayside pedestrian area, Cambridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 2014. Telephone kiosk.

K6 Telephone kiosk on the Quayside pedestrian area, Cambridge

WRENN ID
hushed-porch-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 February 2014
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K6 Telephone kiosk on the Quayside pedestrian area, Cambridge, Bridge Street
OS grid reference
TL 447 589
Coordinates
52.20972, 0.1169
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K6 telephone kiosk, located in the Quayside pedestrian area of Cambridge, is a standard design created by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. It is made of cast iron and is painted red overall, featuring long horizontal glazing on its sides.

The exterior has horizontal and vertical glazing bars that divide each side into eight panes, with narrow margin lights on either side. The roof is domed and inspired by Sir John Soane, complementing the arched heads of each side. Above the glazed panels, there is a crown in relief, and the word 'TELEPHONE' is inscribed.

Inside, the modern telecommunications equipment is noted as not being of special architectural or historic interest, as per section 1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

Local climate

K6 Telephone kiosk on the Quayside pedestrian area, Cambridge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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