Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks Adjacent to Western Corner of Ritz Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. Telephone kiosk.

Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks Adjacent to Western Corner of Ritz Hotel

WRENN ID
half-crypt-linden
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
OS grid reference
TQ 290 803
Coordinates
51.50694, -0.14213
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of K6 telephone kiosks located adjacent to the western corner of the Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly, City of Westminster. They were designed by Giles Gilbert Scott and date from 1935. The kiosks are made of cast iron and remain unaltered. They feature a square shape with a domed roof, unperforated crowns on the top panels, and margin glazing on the windows and doors.

Local climate

Pair of K6 Telephone Kiosks Adjacent to Western Corner of Ritz Hotel 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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