K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 2009. A C20 Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- vast-spandrel-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 2009
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Church Lane, Iden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 917 238
- Coordinates
- 50.98217, 0.73059
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk dates to 1935 and is constructed of cast iron, painted red with long horizontal glazing in the door and sides, and featuring applied crowns on the top panels. Rectangular white display signs reading "TELEPHONE" are positioned beneath the shallow-curved roof. The interior contains modernised telephone equipment, but the kiosk is currently in poor condition, exhibiting faded and discoloured display signs and flaking paint. Original glass windows remain.
Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee, the K6 was an evolution of his earlier K2 design, streamlining the aesthetic and improving production efficiency. This standardised kiosk design became an iconic feature of British streetscapes, with over 70,000 produced before being largely replaced in the 1960s.
The kiosk is situated at a village crossroads and has a strong visual relationship with several nearby listed buildings: Bell Cottage, approximately 20 metres to the south west; the Bell Inn, approximately 25 metres to the south east; and Park Farm, approximately 60 metres to the north west. Its group value stemming from this context justifies its Grade II listing, despite its deteriorated condition.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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