Telephone Kiosk Outside Post Office and Opposite Church is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1988. Telephone kiosk.

Telephone Kiosk Outside Post Office and Opposite Church

WRENN ID
lost-banister-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1988
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
Telephone Kiosk Outside Post Office and Opposite Church, Northaw Road West, Northaw and Cuffley
OS grid reference
TL 279 022
Coordinates
51.70432, -0.15032
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This telephone kiosk, located outside the Post Office and opposite the church in Northaw and Cuffley, is a Type K6 kiosk designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. It is made of cast iron and features a square shape with a domed roof. The top panels have unperforated crowns, and the windows and door are fitted with margin glazing.

Local climate

Telephone Kiosk Outside Post Office and Opposite Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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