Two K6 telephone boxes in front of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 2013. Telephone kiosk.

Two K6 telephone boxes in front of the Victoria and Albert Museum

WRENN ID
gaunt-tin-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 August 2013
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
Two K6 telephone boxes in front of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London
OS grid reference
TQ 270 790
Coordinates
51.49608, -0.17181
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The two K6 telephone boxes located in front of the Victoria and Albert Museum were designed in a standardized style. Each box is a rectangular cast-iron structure, standing eight feet tall and three feet square in plan, topped with a shallow domed roof. The glazed door and side panels feature eight narrow horizontal strips divided by glazing bars, with narrow side lights, all framed by a thin moulding. The back panel has the same moulding but is unglazed. The upper section of each box displays white illuminated signage panels on all four sides, reading ‘TELEPHONE’, with a crown emblem embossed above each panel, differing from the earlier K2 kiosk which had perforated crowns. Inside, the telephone equipment is modern. These kiosks are positioned on either side of the main entrance to the Grade I listed Victoria and Albert Museum, with the Grade II listed houses of Thurloe Square situated across the street to the south.

Local climate

Two K6 telephone boxes in front of the Victoria and Albert Museum 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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