Pair of K6 Telephone kiosks is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 2016. Telephone kiosk. 10 related planning applications.
Pair of K6 Telephone kiosks
- WRENN ID
- lone-foundation-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 2016
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- Pair of K6 Telephone kiosks, Department for International Development, 22 Whitehall, London, City of Westminster, SW1A 2EG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 300 802
- Coordinates
- 51.50616, -0.12723
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description is for a pair of K6 Telephone kiosks, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. They are made of cast iron, teak, and concrete.
The exterior features a standardized design with red-painted cast iron, long horizontal glazing in the doors and sides, and gilded crowns on the top panels that are applied but not perforated. Each kiosk has rectangular white display signs reading "TELEPHONE" beneath a shallow-curved roof. The kiosks are constructed from cast iron sections bolted together and stand on concrete bases, with a single side-hinged glazed teak entrance door for each.
The kiosks are in good condition and are located outside the Department for International Development on Whitehall, opposite the Old Shades public house and Whitehall House. The Admiralty Screen by Robert Adam is immediately to the left of the kiosks. They also have a strong visual connection with Nelson's Column and the equestrian statue of Charles I to the north. To the south, views from the kiosks include the Houses of Parliament, which can be seen rising in the distance above a statue of the Duke of Cambridge.
Inside, all glass is intact, and the kiosks are equipped with operational 21st-century telephone equipment.
Local climate
Pair of K6 Telephone kiosks 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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- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
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- 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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