A pair of K6 telephone kiosks, Royal Exchange Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 2015. Telephone kiosk. 7 related planning applications.
A pair of K6 telephone kiosks, Royal Exchange Buildings
- WRENN ID
- second-arch-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 December 2015
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- A pair of K6 telephone kiosks, Royal Exchange Buildings, City and County of the City of London, EC3V 3LF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 328 811
- Coordinates
- 51.5136, -0.08646
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description covers a pair of K6 telephone kiosks located in the pedestrian piazza by the Royal Exchange Buildings. The K6 kiosks are made of cast iron and are painted red. They feature long horizontal glazing in the doors and sides, with embossed crowns on the top panels. Each kiosk has rectangular white display signs reading 'TELEPHONE' beneath the shallow-curved roof on all four sides.
These kiosks stand together, with their glazing, signage, and crowns intact. They are situated to the west of the Grade I listed Royal Exchange and to the east of the Grade II listed 1-2 Royal Exchange Buildings. Nearby, to the north, is the Charity Drinking Fountain (Grade II), and to the south is the Jubilee or Temperance Drinking Fountain (Grade II). There is also a pavement pump to the south of the Exchange and a statue of George Peabody to the north, all of which contribute to the strong visual relationship these kiosks have with the surrounding listed buildings and structures.
It is noted that the modern internal communication equipment has been removed from both kiosks.
Local climate
A pair of K6 telephone kiosks, Royal Exchange Buildings 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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