3 K6 Telephone Kiosks, Outside Museum of Mankind is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1994. Telephone kiosk.

3 K6 Telephone Kiosks, Outside Museum of Mankind

WRENN ID
winding-quartz-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 May 1994
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
3 K6 Telephone Kiosks, Outside Museum of Mankind, Three K6 Telephone Kiosks, Outside Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington Gardens, City of Westminster, W1J 0BD
OS grid reference
TQ 291 806
Coordinates
51.51004, -0.13984
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Three K6 telephone kiosks, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 as the 'Jubilee' kiosk, are located outside the Royal Academy of Arts. These kiosks are made of cast iron with teak doors and feature a square shape with a domed roof. They have unperforated crowns (George V) in the top panels and margin glazing on the windows and door.

Local climate

3 K6 Telephone Kiosks, Outside Museum of Mankind 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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