Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside the Old Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 2010. Telephone kiosk. 3 related planning applications.
Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside the Old Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- slow-bonework-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 2010
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside the Old Town Hall, High Street, DA11 0AZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 647 742
- Coordinates
- 51.44341, 0.36949
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two K6 telephone kiosks are located outside the Old Town Hall in Gravesend. These kiosks are made of cast iron and are painted red, featuring long horizontal glazing in the doors and sides. The crowns on the top panels are applied rather than perforated. Each kiosk has rectangular white display signs that read "TELEPHONE" beneath a shallow curved roof. The internal equipment of the kiosks has been modernised.
The kiosks are in good condition and are positioned near the Grade II* listed Old Town Hall. One kiosk is situated to the far right of the front elevation, serving as a focal point that terminates the view east along Jury Street, while the other is located under the portico of the Old Town Hall.
The K6 telephone kiosk is a significant example of 20th-century industrial design, created by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee. This design evolved from Scott's earlier K2 telephone kiosk of 1924, which was inspired by Neo-classical architecture. The K6 is more streamlined, compact, and cost-effective for mass production. Scott, an influential modern British architect, is known for notable works such as 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. Nonetheless, the K6 remains an iconic feature of British streetscapes.
The K6 telephone kiosks outside the Old Town Hall are listed for their strong group value with the Old Town Hall and the nearby numbers 55-59 High Street.
Local climate
Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside the Old Town Hall 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 lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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