K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1993. Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- unlit-pedestal-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1993
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, the Cross, Melbourn
- OS grid reference
- TL 382 447
- Coordinates
- 52.08427, 0.01655
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 Telephone Kiosk, located at The Cross in Melbourn, is a Grade II listed structure. Designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, this telephone kiosk 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 doors. The kiosk was produced by various contractors.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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