K6 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent to Western End of Ornamental Screen at Queens Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. Telephone kiosk. 1 related planning application.
K6 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent to Western End of Ornamental Screen at Queens Gate
- WRENN ID
- night-spire-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1987
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent to Western End of Ornamental Screen at Queens Gate, SW7 5ET
- OS grid reference
- TQ 263 796
- Coordinates
- 51.50159, -0.18068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk, located adjacent to the western end of the ornamental screen at Queens Gate, was built in 1935 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. This cast iron kiosk is an intact example of the K6 type, featuring a domed roof, unperforated crowns on the top panels, and margin glazing on the windows and door. It is one of a pair of kiosks that flank Queens Gate.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent to Western End of Ornamental Screen at Queens Gate 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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