Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks Next to the Western Stone Pier on Front Boundary Railings 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 Next to the Western Stone Pier on Front Boundary Railings
- WRENN ID
- narrow-chapel-vale
- 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 Next to the Western Stone Pier on Front Boundary Railings, Great Russell Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 301 815
- Coordinates
- 51.51834, -0.12609
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of K6 telephone kiosks stand between the western stone pier and the main entrance gate along the front boundary railings before the courtyard and front facade of the British Museum, a Grade I listed building. The kiosks are constructed of cast iron and glass, painted red 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 internal equipment has been modernized.
The K6 telephone kiosk, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee, is a significant example of 20th-century industrial design. It evolved from Scott's earlier K2 kiosk, which was inspired by Neo-classical architecture. The K6 was more streamlined, compact, and cost-effective to produce. Over 70,000 were eventually made, with many replaced in the 1960s.
The kiosks are designated at Grade II for their special design interest as a major landmark of industrial design and for their group value in relation to the nearby Grade I British Museum and other listed buildings, including the Grade II listed Museum Tavern public house on the opposite side of the street.
Local climate
Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks Next to the Western Stone Pier on Front Boundary 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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