Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Number 42 and United Westminster Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. Telephone kiosk. 2 related planning applications.

Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Number 42 and United Westminster Almshouses

WRENN ID
second-flint-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1987
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Number 42 and United Westminster Almshouses, Rochester Row Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1P 1BU
OS grid reference
TQ 295 790
Coordinates
51.49537, -0.1359
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This pair of K6 telephone kiosks, located outside number 42 and the United Westminster Almshouses, were designed in 1935 by Giles Gilbert Scott. They are made of cast iron and feature a square shape with a domed roof. The kiosks have unperforated crowns on the top panels and margin glazing on the windows and door.

Local climate

Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Number 42 and United Westminster Almshouses 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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