K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Former Main Gate, Marine Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1990. Telephone kiosk.

K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Former Main Gate, Marine Gate

WRENN ID
knotted-latch-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Portsmouth
Constituency
Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1990
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Former Main Gate, Marine Gate, Cromwell Road, City of Portsmouth
OS grid reference
SZ 665 988
Coordinates
50.78524, -1.05711
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K6 telephone kiosk located outside the former Main Gate at Marine Gate is a Grade II listed structure. It was designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and constructed from cast iron. This square kiosk features a domed roof and is adorned with unperforated George VI crowns on the top panels, along with margin glazing on the windows and doors.

Local climate

K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Former Main Gate, Marine Gate receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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