K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1988. Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- stark-arch-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1988
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, the Green, Preston
- OS grid reference
- TL 180 247
- Coordinates
- 51.90864, -0.28598
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is a Grade II listed structure located on the west side of The Green in Preston. 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 door. The kiosk was produced by various contractors.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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