Pair of K6 telephone kiosks flanking side entrance piers and gates is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 2011. Telephone kiosk.
Pair of K6 telephone kiosks flanking side entrance piers and gates
- WRENN ID
- ragged-gallery-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 2011
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- Pair of K6 telephone kiosks flanking side entrance piers and gates, Montague Street, WC1B 5BH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 301 817
- Coordinates
- 51.51956, -0.12528
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The listing describes a pair of K6 telephone kiosks situated on the west side of Montague Street, in Bloomsbury. These kiosks flank the entrance piers and gates leading to the eastern facade of the British Museum. Constructed of cast iron and glass, they are painted red overall with long horizontal glazing in the door and sides, and feature applied crowns on the top panels. Rectangular white display signs, reading "TELEPHONE," are affixed beneath the shallow-curved roof. The kiosks contain modernised internal equipment.
The K6 telephone kiosk, designed in 1935 by Giles Gilbert Scott to commemorate King George V’s Silver Jubilee, represents a significant milestone in 20th-century industrial design. It evolved from Scott’s earlier K2 design, offering a more streamlined, compact, and cost-effective solution. Over 70,000 K6 kiosks were produced, and while many have been replaced, they remain an iconic feature of the British landscape.
The kiosks are designated at Grade II for their special design interest, as a landmark industrial design by Giles Gilbert Scott, and for their group value, contributing to the visual relationship with the Grade I listed British Museum and three further listed buildings on Montague Street.
Local climate
Pair of K6 telephone kiosks flanking side entrance piers and gates 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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