K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 2010. Kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- slow-nave-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 October 2010
- Type
- Kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, High Street, Eastry
- OS grid reference
- TR 309 547
- Coordinates
- 51.24497, 1.30784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk, located on High Street in Eastry, was designed in 1935 by Giles Gilbert Scott for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee. This standardised design is made of cast iron and is painted red, featuring long horizontal glazing in the door and sides. The crowns on the top panels are applied rather than perforated, and there are rectangular white display signs reading "TELEPHONE" beneath the shallow curved roof.
The K6 is a significant example of 20th-century industrial design, evolving from Scott's earlier K2 kiosk design of 1924, which was inspired by Neo-classical architecture. The K6 is more streamlined, compact, and cost-effective for mass production. Giles Gilbert Scott, a prominent modern British architect, is known for other notable works, including the Anglican cathedral of Liverpool and Battersea power station. Over 70,000 K6 kiosks were produced, although many were replaced in the 1960s by simpler designs. Today, the K6 remains an iconic feature in British streetscapes.
This kiosk is designated for its strong visual relationship with three Grade II listed buildings on the High Street of Eastry.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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