Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks (On Forecourt of Post Office at Junction with Gloucester Road) is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1990. Telephone kiosk.

Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks (On Forecourt of Post Office at Junction with Gloucester Road)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 May 1990
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks (On Forecourt of Post Office at Junction with Gloucester Road), Harrington Gardens
OS grid reference
TQ 262 787
Coordinates
51.49343, -0.18212
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This listing describes a pair of K6 telephone kiosks located on the forecourt of the Post Office at the junction with Gloucester Road in Queens Gate, SW7. Designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and manufactured by W McFarlane, these kiosks are made of cast iron and feature 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

Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks (On Forecourt of Post Office at Junction with Gloucester Road) 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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