K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1988. Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- former-stronghold-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1988
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Linton Hill
- OS grid reference
- TQ 754 501
- Coordinates
- 51.22338, 0.51069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk is a notable structure designed in 1935 by the architect Giles Gilbert Scott, who is also known for his work on Battersea Power Station and Liverpool Cathedral. This particular kiosk is made of cast iron and features a glazed door and sides, with narrow panes flanking a wider central panel of horizontal panes, all topped with a domical roof. Each side of the upper segment has a relief crown above a glazed panel that displays the word "TELEPHONE."
The K6 model was created to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V and is an evolution of Scott's earlier 1924 K2 design. Its Neoclassical style, influenced by the Regency architect Sir John Soane, is significant for its architectural quality as an industrially produced object for mass communication. Approximately 11,000 K6 kiosks were manufactured. The K6 telephone kiosk in Linton Hill is visually connected to five nearby listed buildings and enhances the character of the conservation area.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings