K6 Telephone Kiosk, Adjacent to Garden Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 2011. Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk, Adjacent to Garden Railings
- WRENN ID
- leaning-remnant-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 2011
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- OS grid reference
- TQ 303 819
- Coordinates
- 51.52127, -0.12216
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a K6 telephone kiosk, dating from 1935. It was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee, and is a development of his earlier K2 design. The K6 represented a streamlined and more cost-effective evolution of the earlier model. Giles Gilbert Scott was a significant British architect, responsible for works including Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station. Over 70,000 K6 kiosks were produced, and they remain a recognisable feature of British streetscapes.
The kiosk is constructed of cast iron, painted red, with long horizontal glazed panels in the door and sides. The crowns on the top panels are applied rather than perforated. Rectangular white display signs read "TELEPHONE" beneath the shallow-curved roof. The interior contains modernised equipment.
The kiosk is located adjacent to garden railings bordering Queen Square Garden, at the south end of Queen Square. It stands near listed bollards and a water pump. Nearby listed buildings include the Church of St George the Martyr (Grade II*), the Queen's Larder public house (Grade II), and No. 2 Queen Square (Grade II). The kiosk is designated at Grade II for its special design interest and its group value in relation to these surrounding listed buildings.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk, Adjacent to Garden Railings 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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