2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Head Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1990. Telephone kiosk.

2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Head Post Office

WRENN ID
high-alcove-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1990
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Head Post Office, High Street, ME1 1AA
OS grid reference
TQ 745 682
Coordinates
51.38611, 0.50729
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two K6 telephone kiosks are located outside the Head Post Office. These kiosks were designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and were made by various contractors. They are constructed from cast iron and feature a square shape with a domed roof. The top panels have unperformed crowns, and the windows and doors have margin glazing.

Local climate

2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Head Post Office sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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